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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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To fall ABOARD
To fall ABOARD of (aborder, Fr.) to strike or encounter another ship, when one or both are in motion; to be driven upon a ship by the force of the wind or current. ABOARD-main-tack! (amure la grande voile! Fr.) the order to draw the main-tack, i. e. the lower corner of the main-sail, down to the chess-tree. See CHESS-TREE.
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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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