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CABIN to To CALK, or CAULK
CALL to CANNON
CANNON to CANOE
CANOE to To rig the CAPSTERN
Surge the CAPSTERN to CARPENTER of a ship
CARTEL to CATS-PAW
CAULKING to CHANNEL
CHANNELS to CHEARLY
CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH
CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT
COAT to COLLIERS
COLOURS to COMPASS
COLOURS
COMING-TO
COMMAND
COMMISSIONERS of the navy
COMMODORE
COMPANION
COMPANY
COMPASS
COMPASSING to COVE
COUNTER to CRAWL
CREEPER to CROW-FOOT
CROWNING to CUT-WATER
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COMMAND
COMMAND, in the royal navy, implies the rank and power of an officer who has the management of a ship of war, of whatever kind, under twenty guns, as sloops of war, armed ships, or bomb-vessels. He is intitled master and commander, (capitaine du petit état, Fr.) and ranks with a major in the King's army.COMMANDER is also expressed of a large wooden mallet used on sundry occasions in a ship.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 85, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0358.html