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Fresh-water :: Fresh-water (a.) Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor..

Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves..

Tindal :: Tindal (n.) A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain..

Duck :: Duck (n.) The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Slang :: Slang (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc..

Scouse :: Scouse (n.) A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse..

Davy Jones :: Davy Jones () The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.

Garland :: Garland (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.

Conscript :: Conscript (n.) One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor..

Enlistment :: Enlistment (n.) The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor..

Sailer :: Sailer (n.) A sailor.

Seafarer :: Seafarer (n.) One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.

Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar..

Landsman :: Landsman (n.) A sailor on his first voyage.

Argonauta :: Argonauta (n.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

Impress :: Impress (n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money..

Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..

Blackstrap :: Blackstrap (n.) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.

Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc..

Yarn :: Yarn (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn..

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