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Sweating the purser
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
Wasting his stores. burning his candles, &c.
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Sweep of the tiller, английский
A semicircular frame on which the tiller traverses in large ships; it is fixed under the beams near the fore-end of the tiller, which it supports.
Swearing, английский
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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