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Waterman :: Waterman (n.) A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman..

Landsman :: Landsman (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.

Seamanlike :: Seamanlike (a.) Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.

Deserter :: Deserter (n.) One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion..

Tar :: Tar (n.) A sailor; a seaman.

Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar..

Landman :: Landman (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.

Serve :: Serve (v. i.) To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc..

Shipman :: Shipman (n.) A seaman, or sailor..

Seamanship :: Seamanship (n.) The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship..

Rate :: Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension..

Privateersman :: Privateersman (n.) An officer or seaman of a privateer.

Able :: Able (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano..

Expertness :: Expertness (n.) Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning..

Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..

Waister :: Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war..

Navigation :: Navigation (n.) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship..

Shipshape :: Shipshape (adv.) In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.

Seaman :: Seaman (n.) A merman; the male of the mermaid.

Fresh-water :: Fresh-water (a.) Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor..

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