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ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet
Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS
Vice-ADMIRAL
Rear-ADMIRAL
ADMIRALTY
ADVICE-BOAT
ADRIFT
AFLOAT
AFORE
AFT
AFTER
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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AFTER
AFTER (de l'arriere, Fr. �fter, Sax.) a phrase applied to any object situated in the hinder part of the ship; as, the after-hatchway, the after-capstern, the after-sails, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 6, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0024.html