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Knob, or knobbe
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
An officer; perhaps from the scotch term knabbie, the lower class of gentry.
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Knob, 2. knot 1. in medieval architecture, a bunch of leaves, flowers, or similar ornament, as the bosses at the intersections of ribs, and bunches of foliage in capitals. 2. an ornamental design resembling cords which are interlaced. 3. the hard, cross-g, английский
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Knock off work and carry deals, английский
A term used to deride the idea of any work, however light, being relaxation; just as giving up taking in heavy beams of timber and being set to carry deals, is not really knocking off work.
Knittle, английский
- See nettles.
- [1] a small hand-laid line used to sling a hammock from the deck beam. [2] kittles were knotted two or three times and used to belabor a victim running the gauntlet. the word is derived from the verb “knit” and is pronounced “nittles.”
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