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An adjective indicating an un-seamanlike state of disarray. Used to describe something awry, askew, or even round but out of true. [11] E.g. "What a sad lubberly display is that craft underway! They're still dragging their fenders in the surf, and their sails are all ahoo!". ahoy A cry to draw attention. Used to hail a boat or a ship, e.g ...
constructed place to moor a boat or engage in water sports (largely interchangeable with pier or wharf, although often with a modifier, such as "ferry dock", "swimming dock", etc.) docker dockworker, stevedore *(US: longshoreman) one who docks (as tails of animals) dogging: various kinds of public sexual activity
1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle
A command by the coxswain, where the rowers all hit the gunwales (sides) of the boat with their oar handles. Used in set exercises occasionally. "Hands in" Tells the rowers to grab the ribs on the inside of the boat so that the boat can be rolled from heads. The coach or cox uses this command when the crew is putting the shell in the water ...
Some other problematic words people use are “successful,” “failed” or completed, experts said. The first two are particularly harmful. “Successful” has connotations of a positive ...
A Detroit Lions fan who got into verbal confrontations with Green Bay Packers players and head coach Matt LaFleur on the field before their Week 14 game has had his season tickets revoked by the ...
Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)
CLT, seeking State Pier space, is a commercial marine service provider to the expanding offshore wind industry, and marine industry in the Northeast.