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Conchs
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
A name for the wreckers of the bahama reefs, in allusion to the shells on those shores. though plunder is their object, the conchs are very serviceable to humanity, and evince both courage and address in saving the lives of the wrecked.
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Serviceable, английский
- Работоспособный; действующий
- Both as respects men and stores, capable of or fit for duty.
- Пригодный к эксплуатации, исправный; прочный
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Condemnation, английский
- A captured ship declared by sentence of the admiralty court to be lawful prize. but the transfer of a prize vessel carried into a neutral port, and sold without a condemnation, or the authority of any judicial proceedings, is null and void.
- [1] general: an expression of strong disapproval, severe reproof; or strong censure. [2] ecclesiastical: a formal curse, often accompanied by excommunication. [3] civil law: the act of (a) forfeiting land for public use, or (b) judging a food product unfit for consumption or a building unsafe for use. [4] admiralty law: the sentence of an admiralty court declaring a captured vessel to be a lawful prize. without such a ruling, the vessel may not legally be sold. goods declared contraband are also subject to condemnation.
- The act of taking private property for public use, through due process under the right of eminent domain, with compensation to the owner.
Concentrated fire, английский
The bringing the whole or several guns to bear on a single point.
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