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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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AMAIN
AMAIN (cale-tout, Fr. from main, or maigne, old French) at once, suddenly; as, let go arnain! i. e. let it run at once. This phrase is generally applied to any thing that is hoisted or lowered by a tackle, or complication of pullies.AMAIN, yield, from a ship of war to an enemy.Strike
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 8, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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