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Swearing
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
A vulgar and most irrational vice, which happily is fast going out. habitual swearing was usually typical of a bad officer. it may have originated in the custom too often demanded by law, of solemn asseverations on frivolous subjects.
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Sweating the purser, английский
Wasting his stores. burning his candles, &c.
Sway up, to, английский
To apply a strain on a mast-rope in order to lift the spar upwards, so that the fid may be taken out, previous to lowering the mast. or sway yards aloft ready for crossing.
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