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On Blue-Water 153: Tumble out here, all hands; show a leg.at show a leg!, excl.
On Blue-Water 153: Tumble out here, all hands; show a leg. On Blue Water 36: I heard curses deep and bitter called down upon the head of the man who invented it by some poor wet and famished sailor, as he forced a few spoonfuls of the ‘all-fired mess’ into his famished maw.at all-fired, adj.
On Blue Water 160: I soon came to an understanding with
the old fellow. First, a little high-handed treatment,
and then a hint of a little soothing bakshish.at baksheesh, n.
On Blue Water 202: It has always appeared quite wonderful to me how the ‘telegraph,’ ‘white mouse,’ or ‘little bird’ gets about such ships, but it is a fact that everything that is said and done among the men is known aft nearly as soon as it is forward.at little bird (n.) under bird, n.1
On Blue Water 189: Those who came aboard ‘'a bit on’ had done so much work by this time, that the liquor they had aboard was pretty well dead in them by the time we had cleared out the deck-house.at have a bit on (v.) under bit, n.1
On Blue Water 135: Cra-a-a-ck went the other five rifles, and another blue-pill took him [i.e. an alligator] about a foot behind the shoulde.at blue pill (n.) under blue, adj.1
On Blue-Water 188: The little games that went on board her were in real good ‘blue-nose’ style.at bluenose, n.1
On Blue-Water 178: No sailor would think of joining a ‘blue-noser’ (as a Nova-Scotian ship is called) until reduced to the last degree of destitution. [Ibid.] 206: I’ve been in a few regular scorching hot packets, both Yanks and blue-nosers, but this puts the capper on the lot.at bluenoser, n.
On Blue-Water 190: After that, no sailor will deny that a ‘bucko mate’ is not sometimes useful.at bucko, adj.
On Blue Water 206: I’ve been in a few regular scorching hot packets, both Yanks and blue-nosers, but this puts the capper on the lot.at capper, n.1
On Blue-Water 213: His mildest words were, ‘You chaw! You thing! You dog!’.at chaw, n.
On Blue Water 206: The mate's all right [...] but the second mate's dirt — real dirt — right down to the ground.at dirt, n.
On Blue Water 200: After that, we thought it was time to douse the glim and turn over in our pews for a doss.at doss, n.1
On Blue Water 36: These ‘'water whelps,’ as we called them, are properly called ‘dough-boys,’ but our ‘grub-spoiler’ — pet name for ship’s cook — called them ‘swimmers,’ probably because they were such heavy sinkers.at doughboy, n.1
On Blue Water 189: When first I stepped on board the old cabbage-wood dug-out, I thought: ‘If this thing carries me across the big drink without trouble, that’s about all it will do’.at big drink (n.) under drink, n.1
On Blue Water 200: After that, we thought it was time to douse the glim and turn over in our pews for a doss.at douse the glim (v.) under glim, n.
On Blue-Water 35: These ‘water-whelps,’ as we called them, are properly called ‘dough-boys,’ but our ‘grub-spoiler’ – pet name for ship’s cook– called them ‘swimmers’ probably because they were such heavy sinkers.at grub-spoiler (n.) under grub, n.2
On Blue Water 220: ‘Guess you’ve about hit it,’ replied the mate.at hit it, v.
On Blue Water 37: Large junks of carcase equal to a pound and a quarter each man were served out [...] This beef was soaked all night in a tub of sea- water, and, at day- light, put into the large coppers and boiled until noon.at junk, n.1
On Blue-Water 153: This is a nice turn-out — the plum-pudding’s been caught in a squall.at turn-out, n.2
On Blue Water 207: [of a bunk] ‘Did you look in his pew?’ said I, as I stepped across the forecastle and looked in his bunk.at pew, n.
On Blue Water 145: One of the boys [...] wanted to know if a soldier, after he was shot, wasn’t potted lobster.at pot, v.
On Blue Water 206: You know the ‘queer fellow'’(I knew he meant our other watch-mate).at queer fellow (n.) under queer, adj.
On Blue Water 222: We need look for no assistance from our own
messmates, but would have to battle the racket on
our own hooks.at racket, n.1
On Blue Water 194: I at once determined that if the ‘old man’ [...] tried any games on me while I was at the ship’s helm, I would give him a real good sickener.at sickener, n.
On Blue Water 36: These ‘'water whelps,’ as we called them, are properly called ‘dough-boys,’ but our ‘grub-spoiler’ — pet name for ship’s cook — called them ‘swimmers,’ probably because they were such heavy sinkers.at sinker, n.2
On Blue Water 189: They were all foreigners but one, and every one had a '‘skin full’ when brought aboard.at skinful, n.
On Blue Water 132: Away we spanked, dead before
the wind, with a rattling breeze that brought us
up to the mouth of the creek.at spank, v.2
On Blue Water 52: When we looked at him at eight bells (4 A.M.) he was a stiff ’un.at stiff ’un, n.
On Blue Water 36: These ‘'water whelps,’ as we called them, are properly called ‘dough-boys,’ but our ‘grub-spoiler’ — pet name for ship’s cook — called them ‘swimmers,’ probably because they were such heavy sinkers.at swimmer, n.1
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