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Porpoise
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[1] any of several gregarious toothed cetaceans, related to but distinct from whales and dolphins, characterized by a blunt snout and a triangular dorsal fin. also called sea hog. [2] said of a vessel whose bow repeatedly plunges beneath the waves and rises like a porpoise.
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Gregarious, английский
Общительный; приспособленный к жизни в стае
Triangular, английский
Repeatedly, английский
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Port admiral, английский
This 18th/19th century british title refers to an appointment rather than a rank. typically given to a superannuated senior naval captain who served as shore commander of a naval port, allocating docking or anchorage space to incoming vessels and responsible for crewing, victualing, refitting, and maintaining all vessels within the harbor. port & starboard: before invention of the rudder, boats and ships were steered by one or two oars secured by leather straps to pegs on the gunwale. because most seamen were right-handed, it made sense 245 port to place them on the right of the ship which—by combining the old english words st`or meaning steering, and borde meaning side—become known as starboard. the steering oar(s) made it difficult to tie up to a pier or jetty, so it became customary to dock with the left side facing the shore. the old english for loading was ladde, so that side became known as laddeborde, soon corrupted to larboard to match starboard. however, those words were too similar-sounding when shouted in the noise and confusion of a storm so, early in the eighteenth century, merchant mariners began using “port” to signify the side facing the quay for unloading when docked. the confusion must have been even more disastrous in the heat of combat, but conservative navies hung on to the old term long after their civilian counterparts had converted. the british royal navy did not abandon larboard until 1844 and the united states navy waited two years longer.
Porkchop, английский
Usn slang for an officer of the supply corps based on the corps insignia (actually a stylized oak leaf with acorns).
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