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ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet
Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS
AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL
AGENT-VICTUALLER
AGROUND
AHEAD
To run AHEAD
Line AHEAD
A-HULL
AIM
ALEE
ALL in the wind
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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AIM
AIM, the direction of a cannon, or other fire-arm, to its object, or the point to which it is directed; whence,To take AIM (prendre sa mire, from esmer, Fr.) is to point a gun to it's object according to the point-blank range. See CANNON and RANGE.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 7, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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