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GUARD-BOAT
GUARD-BOAT, a boat appointed to row the rounds amongst the ships of war which are laid up in any harbour, &c. to observe that their officers keep a good look-out, calling to the guard-boat as she passes, and not suffering her crew to come aboard, without having previously communicated the watch-word of the night.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 141, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0639.html