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Appropriate :: Appropriate (v. t.) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy..

Noncombatant :: Noncombatant (n.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy..

Ration :: Ration (n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence..

Court-martial :: Court-martial (n.) A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law..

Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander..

Martial :: Martial (a.) Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial..

Skilligalee :: Skilligalee (n.) A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army..

Chaplain :: Chaplain (n.) A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service..

Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander..

Cutlass :: Cutlass (n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax..

Maritime :: Maritime (a.) Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states..

Demoralization :: Demoralization (n.) The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy..

Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action..

Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..

Rank :: Rank (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral..

Gunroom :: Gunroom (n.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy..

Captain :: Captain (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army..

Marine :: Marine (a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.

Press :: Press (n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy..

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