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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. [12] 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 ...
Astern (adjective): toward the rear of a ship (opposite of "forward"). [10] Athwartships: toward the sides of a ship. [1] Aweather: toward the weather or windward side of a ship. [11] Aweigh: just clear of the sea floor, as with an anchor. [12] Below: a lower deck of the ship. [1] Belowdecks: inside or into a ship, or down to a lower deck. [13]
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
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Such adjective phrases can be integrated into the clause (e.g., Love dies young) or detached from the clause as a supplement (e.g., Happy to see her, I wept). Adjective phrases functioning as predicative adjuncts are typically interpreted with the subject of the main clause being the predicand of the adjunct (i.e., "I was happy to see her"). [11]
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types
HMS Tristram – submarine in His Majesty's U-Boat by Douglas Reeman, 1973; HMS Tynecastle – frigate in Trapp and World War Three by Brian Callison, 1988; U-174 – Kriegsmarine U-boat, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992; U-246 – Kriegsmarine U-boat in Away Boarders! by J._E._Macdonnell, 1962 (There was a real, unrelated U-246)
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