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ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet

Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS

AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL

ALL bands high to ANCHOR
ALL bands high
ALOST
ALONG-side
To lay ALONG-side
ALONG-shore
Lying ALONG
ALOOF
AMAIN
AMIDSHIPS
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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ALL bands high to ANCHOR

ALL bands high

ALL bands high, or ALL bands boay! (tout le monde baut! Fr.) the call or order by which all the ship's company are summoned upon deck by the boatswain.


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