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MAGAZINE to MARLING-SPIKE
MAROON to MAT
MAROON
MAST
MASTER
MASTER of a merchant-ship
MASTER at arms
MASTER-attendant
MAT
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MIZEN to MORTAR
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MAROON
To MAROON, (deferter, Fr.) to put one or more sailors ashore upon a desolate island, under pretence of their having committed some great crime. This detestable expedient has been repeatedly practised by some inhuman commanders of mechant-ships, particularly in the West-Indies.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 188, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0850.html