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Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 148: Tom Thorn, a veteran who had made many voyages to the West Coast of Africa, 'palm-oiling,' as he divined, 'blackbirding' as we strongly suspected,.at blackbirding, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 148: Tom Thorn, a veteran who had made many voyages to the West Coast of Africa, 'palm-oiling,' as he divined, 'blackbirding' as we strongly suspected,. Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 81: The drunken swabs are not fit to scrape the decks of a blubber-hunter. Stand by to wake ’em up with a little belaying-pin soup.at blubber-hunter (n.) under blubber, n.2
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 119: A large ship from one of the Northern European ports will come booming along under all sail.at boom, v.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 67: 'Boat-race be d — d,' said he gruffly; 'just like a b — y Kanuck to think that' .at Canuck, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 261: The captain, coming on deck, and looking round and perceiving some of the crew ‘caulking’ (nautical, sleeping), said to me, ‘Mr. Davis, if you catch any of these black sons of b—s sleeping on their watch, take a handspike and knock their brains out’.at caulk (off), v.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer : .at caulk (off), v.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 74: Mr. Williams was very much discontented at the way in which the captain was 'sogering' below, putting upon his officer's shoulders double duty and the entire responsibility of the voyage.at come the old soldier (v.) under come the..., v.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 160: She will also fill the mattresses with fresh bamboo shavings [and] when the ship leaves for home, giving to each one a 'cumshaw' or present, generally a large pot of preserved ginger.at cumshaw, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 334: I may anchor ashore some day, if some fair maid will take me for what I am, but if not I shall find a berth in the Sailors’ Snug Harbor, or it may be in Davy Jones’ locker.at Davy Jones’s locker, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 103: And a haltercation they'll have [...] with a halter in it for somebody, if Cornish or Huntington tries any of their didoes with them fellows.at dido, n.1
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 114: The mate was among us with a belaying-pin, seeming
bent on murder, and we had to do for him.at do for, v.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 110: Here, every mother's son, come aft!at every mother’s son, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 266: Everyone felt at ease, had full liberty to spin all his ancient yarns,
now called chestnuts by landsmen, and to patiently listen to
contests in which one Jack Tar tried to outsail all the others
on the sea of gab and froth.at gab, n.2
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 29: Not one of 'em will split the gaff on a friend of mine.at blow the gaff (v.) under gaff, n.1
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 289: There are other terms in common use in the cabin and cook's galley [...] Pork was grunter, and mutton, when we had any, was simply mutton.at grunter, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 369: His brother Ben married a
daughter of a neighbor, and joined the church (hard-shell
Baptist).at hard-shell, adj.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 330: ‘Wall, I swum,'’said the Squire, ‘how time duz fly’ .at I swan, phr.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 330: ‘Jimminetti, no,’ said Mr. Hamlin. ‘You wern’t so darned slow; hey, ’Squire?’.at jiminetty!, excl.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 49: The boys give him no peace because, poor soul, he is a 'Johnny Crapeau,' as they call it.at Johnny Crapose (n.) under johnny-, pfx
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 30: Old Knight will send him back kiting to Crapser.at kite, v.
(ref. to 1835) Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 174: The fire-bells were rung, the prison officials were bewildered, and the 'leather-heads' (as the city police or night watchmen were then called) assisted in quenching the fire and preserving order.at leatherhead, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 289: There are other terms in common use in the cabin and cook's galley [...] Bread crumbs and other broken victuals from the cabin table are manavelins.at manavalins, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 307: Seeing her filling rapidly, I ordered the crew to take
off their monkey-jackets, and, rolling them into a big wad,
stopped the leak.at monkey jacket (n.) under monkey, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 211: I was told that, if I had six shillings on me (small pieces of money forty-eight to the dollar), I could have a bowl of coffee and a roll. Having the needful, I embraced the opportunity.at needful, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 401: The thieves and pickpockets of both sexes would cheerfully contribute to the cost of making the addition, for it would immensely increase their incomes, or in other words, it would raise the wind.at raise the wind (v.) under raise, v.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 36: Rouse out, or by the man of the mast, I will light you along with a rope lantern.at light one along with a rope lantern (v.) under rope, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 61: Clamorous as a pack of wolves eager for their prey, the runners for the boarding-houses came at you, a dozen at a time, and tackled on to poor Jack and his box.at runner, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 82: Filthy, drunken and withal notorious ruffians, who, picked up in the slums of large seaport towns, are ‘shanghaied’ aboard by the infernal scoundrels that infest ‘sailor towns’ and gain a detestable living by first pandering to the follies and vices of seamen, and then, having appropriated their advance and stolen their outfits, kidnap them on board ship and abandon them to the ill-treatment of their officers and the inclemency of the stormy Atlantic.at sailor town, n.
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 289: There are other terms in common use in the cabin and cook's galley [...] Beef is generally salt-horse, at least in my day what appeared in the fo'castle, had earned its dignity after several long voyages at sea.at salt horse (n.) under salt, n.3
Recoll. Sea-Wanderer 33: I had been specially cautioned to keep shady and [...] I remained close below.at keep shady (v.) under shady, adj.
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