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Lodestar
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Sailor’s name for polaris, the north star.
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Lodestone, английский
A magnetized natural mineral used as an early form of compass.
Loblolly boy, английский
Obsolete term for an assistant to a naval surgeon. principal duties were to care for and feed the sick and injured, and the name derives from the porridge the “boys” served to patients. in combat they provided braziers to heat cauterizing irons, pots of hot tar for sealing wounds, and containers for severed limbs. they also helped to hold down patients during amputations. the current u.s. navy title is hospital corpsman, while the royal navy rating is medical assistant.
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