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The Seafaring

Dictionary

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The Seafaring

Dictionary

Terms, Idioms and Legends

of the Past and Present

D AVID S.T. B LACKMORE

Foreword by Vice Admiral J.A. Baldwin, Jr.,

U.S. Navy (Ret.)

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Jefferson, North Carolina, and London

L IBRARY OF C ONGRESS C ATALOGUING - IN -P UBLICATION D ATA

Blackmore, David S.T.

The seafaring dictionary : terms, idioms and legends of the past and

present / David S.T. Blackmore ; foreword by J.A. Baldwin, Jr.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7864-4266-9

softcover : 50# alkaline paper

1. Naval art and science — Dictionaries.

I. Title.

623.803 — dc22

2009001471

British Library cataloguing data are available

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form

or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying

or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

without permission in writing from the publisher.

Manufactured in the United States of America

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640

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V23.B583 2009