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A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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boatswain
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alt. 1 (context nautical English) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship. 2 (context nautical English) The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other ...
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n. a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen [syn: bos'n , bo's'n , bosun , bo'sun ]
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A boatswain (, formerly and dialectally also ), bo's'n , bos'n , or bosun , also known as an unlicensed petty officer or qualified member of the deck department , is the senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's ...
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Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j["a]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf. Yager .] [Written also jaeger .] (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager . (Zo["o]l.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius . Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other ...
Usage examples of boatswain.
Sir Francis extinguished the candle in the binnacle so that the ship showed no lights, then passed the keys of the arms chests to his boatswains.
There was no drummer on the Biter, no soldiers, no one at all to beat to quarters or inst il a fearful discipline in the crew, while Jem Taylor, boatswain, had an altogether lighter touch than Bentley thought was necessary in that office.
Naturally, with an action close to hand, Lieutenant Kaye stayed in command of Biter, with hands enough to man the guns and the boatswain to control them.
It was in the midst of such signs of expectation that the call of the boatswain was heard piping the side on board the Foudroyant, and four side-boys lay over on the accommodation-ladder, a mark of honor never paid to one of a rank less than that of a captain.
As the hour for morning colors approached, sailors in white uniforms removed the jack and ensign from their lockers, a bluejacket on the signal bridge hoisted the Blue Peter, and boatswains were set to pipe the preparatory signal at 0755.
The boatswain looked with a stupefied stare at the young novice addressed in a feminine name, but on a sign from James Playfair he went out.
As the ship was kept under her topsails and spanker, with two reefs down, no fresh sail was made, and the boatswain did not order the midshipmen to perform any duty.
Most of the men were hustled below by Ned and the other boatswains, while the rest were ordered to lie flat on the deck concealed below the bulwarks.
While the crew crowded the opening of the hatch above them Sir Francis and the boatswains went down, each carrying a lighted lantern, and knelt in the bottom of the hold to examihe the seals that the Dutch Governor of Trincomalee had placed on the entrance.
He started on the main deck and then, with his two boatswains, opened every hatch.
Copley Banks was chosen captain, but, as there are no mates upon a pirate craft, Birthmark Sweetlocks became quartermaster, and Israel Martin the boatswain.
Hoggett, the boatswain, and his two mates, Beedle, the unsmiling master-at-arms, Bunn, the ship's corporal, with the prisoner and Laidlaw, the surgeon, bringing up the rear.
His family consisted of a large black cat with one eye, and a parrot which he had caught and tamed and educated himself in the course of one of his voyages, and which uttered a variety of sea-phrases with the hoarse brattling tone of a veteran boatswain.
The boatswain gave the signal to weigh anchor, and leaping upon the middle of the gangway began to lay on to the shoulders of the crew with his courbash or whip, and to haul out gradually to sea.
It's your humble servant Boatswain Sam Bowles come to tend to your needs.