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Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen..

Blower :: Blower (n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water..

Chart :: Chart (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts..

Seamen :: Seamen (pl. ) of Seama.

Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship..

Consul :: Consul (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen..

Nautical :: Nautical (a.) Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill..

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind..

Landlubber :: Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

Pharos :: Pharos (n.) A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.

Sea Language :: Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen..

Burgoo :: Burgoo (n.) A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen..

Reel :: Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel..

Slop :: Slop (v. i.) Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings..

Bethel :: Bethel (n.) A house of worship for seamen.

Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..

Spur :: Spur (n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber..

Loblolly :: Loblolly (n.) Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.

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