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MAGAZINE to MARLING-SPIKE

MAROON to MAT

MATE of a ship of war to MIDSHIPMAN

MIZEN to MORTAR

MOULD to MUSTERING
MOULD
MOUNTED
MOUSE
MOUSING a hook
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MUSTERING

MUSTERING, (mousteren, Dutch) the act of calling over a lift of the whole ship's company, or any particular detachment thereof, who are accordingly summoned to answer by their names on the occasion.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 203, 2003
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