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Cassava, or cassada
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
A species of the genus jatropha janipha, well known to seamen as the cassava bread of the west indies. tapioca is produced from the jatropha manihot. caution is necessary in the use of these roots, as the juice is poisonous. the root used as chewsticks, to cleanse the teeth and gums, by the negroes, produces a copious flow of frothy saliva.
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Cassadagan, английский
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Cast, to, английский
To fall off, so as to bring the direction of the wind on one side of the ship, which before was right ahead. this term is particularly applied to a ship riding head to wind, when her anchor first loosens from the ground. to pay a vessel`s head off, or turn it, is getting under weigh on the tack she is to sail upon, and it is casting to starboard, or port, according to the intention.—to cast anchor. to drop or let go the anchor for riding by—synonymous with to anchor.—to cast a traverse. to calculate and lay off the courses and distances run over upon a chart.—to cast off. to let go at once. to loosen from.
Cashiered, английский
Sentenced by a court-martial to be dismissed the service. by such sentence an officer is rendered ever after incapable of serving the sovereign in any position, naval or military.
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