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ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet
ABACK
ABAFT
ABOARD
To fall ABOARD
ABOUT
ABOUT-SHIP!
ABREAST
ACORN
ADMIRAL
ADMIRAL of the fleet
Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS
AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL
ALL bands high to ANCHOR
To drag the ANCHORS to To fish the ANCHOR
To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR to Top-ARMOUR
ASHORE to AUGER
AWEIGH to AZIMUTH COMPASS
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ABOARD
ABOARD (à bord, Fr. abordo, Ital.) the inside of a ship: hence any person who enters a ship is said to go aboard: but when an enemy enters in the time of battle, he is said to board. A phrase which always, implies hostility. See the article BOARDING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 2, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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