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Alarm, alaru
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
[from the italian all`armi!] an apprehension from sudden noise or report. the drum or signal by which men are summoned to stand on their guard in time of danger.—false alarm is sometimes occasioned by a timid or negligent sentry, and at others designedly by an officer, to ascertain the promptness of his men. sometimes false alarms are given by the enemy to harass the adversary. old rider defines alarm as a “watch-word shewing the neernesse of the enemies.”
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Apprehension, английский
A feeling of anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen
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Albany beef, английский
- A name for the sturgeon of the hudson river, where it is taken in quantity for commerce.
- British seamen’s slang for sturgeon caught in the hudson river and served to royal navy ships during the american war of independence. the term caught on and was used until the late 19th century.
Alamottie, английский
- The procellaria pelagica, or storm-finch; mother cary`s chicken, or stormy petrel.
- Another mariner’s name for the stormy petrel.
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