| aluffe, or aloof | Nearer to the wind. this is a very old form of luff; being noticed by matthew paris, and other writers, as a sea-term. (see luff.) |
| alure | An old term for the gutter or drain along a battlement or parapet wall. |
| amai | [saxon a, and m?gn, force, strength]. this was the old word to an enemy for “yield,” and was written amayne and almayne. its literal signification is, with force or vigour, all at once, suddenly; ... |
| amalphitan code | The oldest code of modern sea-laws, compiled, during the first crusade, by the people of amalfi in italy, who then possessed considerable commerce and maritime power. |
| amaye | Sea-marks on the french coast. |
| ambien | [from ambio, lat., to go round]. surrounding, or investing; whence the atmosphere is designated ambient, because it encompasses the earth. |
| ambigenal | One of the triple hyperboles of the second order. |
| ambi | Of a geometrical figure is the perimeter, or the line, or sum or all the lines, by which it is bounded. |
| ambitio | Is usually denominated a virtue or a vice according to its direction; but assuredly more of the former, as it is a grand stimulus to officers to avoid reproach, and aspire to eminence and honour.<... |
| amblygon | Obtuse angular. |
| ambry | - See aumbrey.
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| ambuscad | [span. emboscada]. a body of men lying in wait to surprise an enemy, or cut off his supplies; also the site where they lurk. this, as well as ambush, obviously arose from woods having afforded hid... |
| ambush | Signifies an attempt to lie in concealment for the purpose of surprising the enemy without his perceiving the intention until he is attacked. |
| amicable number | Are such as are mutually equal to the sum of each other`s aliquot parts. |
| amidward | - Towards the `midship or middle section of the vessel.
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| amlagh | A manx or gaelic term denoting to manure with sea-weed. |
| amlee | A manx or gaelic term for sea-weed. |
| amnesty | An act of oblivion, by which, in a professional view, pardon is granted to those who have rebelled or deserted their colours; also to deserters who return to their ships. |
| amok | A term signifying slaughter, but denoting the practice of the malays, when infuriated to madness with bang (a preparation from a species of hemp), of sallying into the streets, or decks, to murder... |
| amorayle | An archaism of admiral. |
| amorc | [fr.] a word sometimes used to signify priming-powder. |
| amperes | An ancient vessel, in which the rowers used an oar on each side at once. |
| amphibia | A class of animals which, from a peculiar arrangement of breathing organs, can live either in water or on land. [gr. amphibios, having a double manner of life.] hence amphibious. |
| amphiscii | The inhabitants of the torrid zone are thus denominated from their shadow being turned one part of the year to the north and the other to the south. |
| amphoteroplon | See heteroplon. |
| ampotis | The recess or ebb of the tide. |
| amrell | An archaic orthography for admiral. |
| amusette | A kind of gun on a stock, like that of a musket, but mounted as a swivel, carrying a ball from half a pound to two pounds weight. |
| anaclastics, or anaclatics | The ancient doctrine of refracted light or dioptrics.—anaclastic curves, the apparent curves formed at the bottom of a vessel full of water, or anything at great depths overboard to an eye placed ... |
| analem | A mathematical instrument for finding the course and elevation of the sun. |
| analemma | - A projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, taken in a lateral point of view, so that the colours become circles, whilst those whose planes pass through the eye become right lines...
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| anan | - A word going out of use, uttered when an order was not understood, equal to “what do you say, sir?” it is also used by corruption for anon, immediately.
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| ananas | (bromelia). pine-apple. |
| anas | A genus of water-birds of the order natatores. now restricted to the typical ducks. |
| anastrous | See dodecatimoria. |
| anaumachion | - The crime amongst the ancients of refusing to serve in the fleet—the punishment affixed to which was infamy.
- The ancient greek punishment of infamy, for the crime of refusing to ser...
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| anchorable | Fit for anchorage. |
| anchored | Held by the anchor; also the act of having cast anchor. |
| ancon | A corner or angle of a knee-timber.—ancon [sp.] harbour, bay, or anchorage. |
| ancyle | A kind of dart thrown with a leathern thong. |
| andrew, or andrew millar | A cant name for a man-of-war, and also for government and government authorities. |
| andromeda | A hemispherical medusa found in the indian and red seas. the body is transparent and brownish, with a black cross in the middle, and has foliaceous white arms on the under part. |
| andromed | {a}. (alpheratz.) a star of the first magnitude in the constellation of andromeda. |
| anelace | The early name for a dirk or dagger usually worn at the girdle. |
| anemomachia | A whirlwind or hurricane in old writers. |
| anemometer, o | Wind-gauge. an instrument wherewith to measure the direction and velocity of wind under its varying forces—a desideratum at sea. |
| anent, or anenst | Opposite to; over against. |
| anerost | A coast-word of the western counties for nigh or almost. |
| angil | An old term for a fishing-hook [from the anglo-saxon ongul, for the same]. it means also a red worm used for a bait in angling or fishing. |
| angle of commutation | The difference between the heliocentric longitudes of the earth and a planet or comet, the latter being reduced to the ecliptic. |
| angle of eccentricity | An astronomical term denoting the angle whose sine is equal to the eccentricity of an orbit. |
| angle of elevation | See elevation. |
| angle o | Lee-way. the difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one—arising from lateral pressure and the effect of sea when close-hauled. it is not applicable to courses when the wind an... |
| angle of position | A term usually confined to double stars, to distinguish the line of bearing between them when they are apparently very near to each other. |
| angle of situation | This was formerly called the angle of position, and is also termed the parallactic angle (which see). |
| angle of the centre | In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the points of two adjacent bastions. |
| angle of the shoulder | See epaule. |
| angle of the vertical | The difference between the geographical and geocentric latitudes of a place upon the earth`s surface. |
| angler | - A fisherman, or one who angles for recreation rather than profit. also a species of lophius or toad-fish; from its ugliness and habits called also the sea-devil. it throws out feelers by which...
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| angles of timbers | See bevelling. |
| angling | - The practice of catching fish by means of a rod, line, hook, and bait, which by its mixture of idleness and chance forms recreation; but however simple the art appears, it requires much nicety...
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| angon | A javelin formerly used by the french, the point of which resembled a fleur-de-lis: it is also generally applied to the half-pike or javelin. |
| angosiade | An astronomical falsehood; a term originating from the pretended observations of d`angos at malta. |
| angr | [sp.] bay or inlet.—angra grande, pequena, &c., on the coasts of spanish and portuguese settlements. |
| anguilliform | Applied to fishes having the shape, softness, and appearance of eels. |
| angular crab | An ugly long-armed crustacean—the goneplax angulata—with eyes on remarkably long stalks. |
| angular distance | This term, when applied to celestial bodies, implies that the sun and moon, or moon and stars, are within measuring distance for lunars. |
| angular motio | Is that which describes an angle, or moves circularly round a point, as planets revolving about the sun. |
| anilla | A commercial term for indigo, derived from the plant whence it is prepared. [sp. anil, indigo, indigofera; alnyl, arab.] |
| animal flowers | Actini?, or sea-anemones and similar animals, which project a circle of tentacula resembling flowers. formerly they were all classed under zoophytes. |
| anker | An anker of brandy contains ten gallons. the kegs in which hollands is mostly exported are ankers and half-ankers. |
| annelids | A class of worm-like animals, of which the body is composed of a series of rings. |
| annet | A sea-gull, well known in northumberland and on the northern coasts. |
| anniversary winds | Those which blow constantly at certain seasons of the year, as monsoon, trade, and etesian winds. |
| annona | An ancient tax for the yearly supply of corn or provisions for the army and capital: still in use in italy. |
| annott | (bixa orellana). the plant from the dried pulp of the seed-vessels of which |
| annual accounts | The ship`s books and papers for the year. |
