A
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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ALONG-shore
ALONG-shore, along the coast; this phrase is commonly applied to coasting navigation, or to a course which is in fight of, and nearly parallel to, the shore.
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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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