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shellback shellback
shellback, a slang name given to an old sailor during the days of sail; in theory one who has been at sea for so long there has been time for barnacles to grow on his back. It was originally employed in a slightly derogatory sense to indicate an old seaman who was old-fashioned and had failed to... Read more
flotilla flotilla
flotilla, from the Spanish diminutive of flota, a fleet, flotilla, a little fleet, a name especially connected in navies with a group of destroyers, submarines, or other small warships below the size of a cruiser. It was occasionally used in naval circles as a collective noun for all small surface... Read more
Old Bailey Old Bailey
Old Bailey. This is the popular name given to the Central Criminal Court in London, set up in 1834. It is the successor of the Old Bailey sessions of gaol delivery for Newgate prison and of oyer and terminer for the city of London and the county of Middlesex. The sheriffs of London were also... Read more
Cleethorpes Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes , town (1991 pop. 33,238), North East Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Humber River estuary. It is a popular resort, with many recreational facilities. The nearby Church of Old Clee was dedicated in 1192 by the bishop of Lincoln.... Read more
aloof aloof
aloof, an old expression meaning ‘keep your luff’, or sail as close to the wind as possible. Sometimes, in old books of voyages, it was written as aluffe. It was most often used when a ship was sailing along a lee shore, the order to ‘keep aloof’ being given to prevent... Read more
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Deira Deira
Deira , old English kingdom between the Humber and the Tyne rivers. In the late 6th cent. it was united with Bernicia, to the north, to form Northumbria .... Read more
yawl yawl
yawl sailing vessel, usually fore-and-aft rigged, with a large mainmast forward. It carries a mainsail and jibs and a much smaller mizzenmast abaft the rudder post. In the United States yawls are in wide use as yachts.... Read more
Old Sarum Old Sarum
Old Sarum , site of a former city, Wiltshire, S England, just N of Salisbury (New Sarum). Excavations in the old settlement's mound have revealed remains of an ancient British camp, the Roman station Sorbiodunum, and a later Saxon then Norman town. The bishopric, moved to Old Sarum from Sherborne... Read more

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