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Slow her
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
In steam navigation, the same as “ease her!”
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Navigation, английский
- The art and science of conducting a boat safely from one point to another.
- Навигация
- The art and science of conducting a ship safely from one point to another
- Мореходство, судоходство, плавание,
- Судовождение, судоходство
- The art of conducting vessels on the sea, not only by the peculiar knowledge of seamanship in all its intricate details, but also by such a knowledge of the higher branches of nautical astronomy as enables the commander to hit his port, after a long succession of bad weather, and an absence of three or four months from all land. any man without science may navigate the entire canals of great britain, but may be unable to pass from plymouth to guernsey.
- The science or art of planning, ascertaining, and recording the course of a vessel or aircraft; including fixing present and predicting future location, and collision avoidance. the word comes from the sanskrit navagati.
- Навигация; перемещение
- The mechanism used to direct users around a website.
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Slow match, английский
- See match.
- Slightly twisted hemp rope soaked in lime water and saltpeter. it burns at a rate of about four inches (100 mm) an hour and was formerly used to ignite the charge of gunpowder weapons. see gun firing, linstock, portfire, quick match.
Slops, английский
- A name given to ready-made clothes, and other furnishings, for seamen, by maydman, in 1691. in chaucer`s time, sloppe meant a sort of breeches. in a ms. account of the wardrobe of queen elizabeth, is an order to john fortescue for the delivery of
- [1] unappetizing watery food or soup. [2] cheap, ready-made clothing, bedding, etc. issued or sold to sailors. (pursers officially received 5 percent on the sale of slops, but many milked the system by charging far more than the fixed price and even “selling” slops to dead men in order to pocket the commission.) [3] loose fitting outer garments such as a smock or coveralls. (from old english oferslop meaning a surplice, via middle english sloppe referring to a loose-fitting shapeless blouse, frequently worn by seamen before uniforms were issued.) [4] archaic, wide baggy pantaloons, trousers, or breeches.
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