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1. On the lee side of a ship. 2. To leeward. all hands A ship's entire company, including both officers and enlisted personnel. [3] all night in Having no night watches. all standing Bringing a person or thing up short; i.e. an unforeseen and sudden stop. [9] allision
"Sailor" for AB, abbreviation of able seaman. "Take" for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning "take". Most abbreviations can be found in the Chambers Dictionary as this is the dictionary primarily used by crossword setters.
Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD* (born 17 March 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe . Along with Sir Peter Blake , he won in 1994 the second Jules Verne Trophy , for which they were also given the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards .
Between 25,000 and 40,000 ft (7,600 and 12,200 m) above mean sea level (MSL). Hit(s) Air-to-air (A/A) Momentary radar returns search. (Indicates approximate altitude information from fighter.) Air-to-ground (A/G) Weapons impact within lethal distance. Hold down Directive to key transmitter for direction-finding (DF) steer. Holding hands
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
1. The mizzenmast is (a) on a vessel with three masts, the after-most mast, (b) on a vessel with two masts, the after-most mast if it is shorter than the other mast, (c) on a vessel with four masts, the third mast, counting from forward [9] (d) in the special situation of British luggers with two masts, the after-most mast. [10] 2.
Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; [1] "to drag along the keel") is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel , either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ...
The answer to the clue is generally a pun of some sort. A weekly "kids version" of the puzzle features a three-letter word plus three four-letter words. In order to find the letters that are in the answer to the given clue, the player must unscramble all four of the scrambled words; the letters that are in the clue will be circled.