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Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

Sea Dog :: Sea dog () An old sailor; a salt.

So :: So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.

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

Mariner :: Mariner (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.

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

Schoolship :: Schoolship (n.) A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners..

Call :: Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty..

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live..

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

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

Ditty-bag :: Ditty-bag (n.) A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife..

Doldrums :: Doldrums (n. pl.) A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors..

Kid :: Kid (n.) A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.

Salt :: Salt (n.) A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.

Sailer :: Sailer (n.) A sailor.

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

Toty :: Toty (n.) A sailor or fisherman; -- so called in some parts of the Pacific.

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

Sea Language :: Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

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