A Sea of Words by Dean King

Author:Dean King [King, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-4532-3830-1
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
Published: 2012-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

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jabot A ruffled or pleated fall of cloth or lace, worn by men, attached to the front of a neckband and descending along the front and center of a shirt. Also, a similar fall in drapery.

jack A ship’s flag, consisting only of the canton (upper left-hand quarter) of the national flag, sometimes used at sea as a signal or mark of distinction. Specifically, the small flag flown from the JACK-STAFF on the BOWSPRIT of a vessel, as in the British Union Jack, Dutch Jack, French Jack. Also, a British naval seaman (originally, only ABLE SEAMEN and men whose station was on the MASTS and YARDS of SQUARE-RIGGED warships).

jackass A kind of heavy rough boat used in NEWFOUNDLAND. Also, U.S. Navy name for a HAWSE-bag, a canvas bag filled with OAKUM used to plug the HAWSE-HOLES to keep seawater out.

jackass rig Any RIG of a sailing ship that substantially differs from the one normally associated with that type of ship.

jack-crosstree The CROSSTREE at the head of the TOPGALLANT MAST.

jackeen Contemptuous term for an obnoxious, self-assertive person of little talent or knowledge.

Jack-in-the-dust or Jack of the dust Slang term for the PURSER’S Assistant, who worked in the BREADROOM, where the flour was stored.

Jack-in-the-green In May Day dances and the like, a man or boy who participates in the festivities, enclosed in a wooden or wicker pyramidal framework covered with leaves.

Jack-pudding A buffoon, clown, or MERRY-ANDREW.

jack-staff A short staff, usually set on the BOWSPRIT or at the BOW of a ship, on which the flag called the JACK is HOISTED when the ship is at anchor.

Jacobin A friar of the order of St. Dominic, a Dominican. Originally, the term referred to the French members of the order, so called for the church of Saint Jacques, which was near their first convent, in Paris. A member of a French political society founded in 1789 in the old convent of the Jacobins to support the principles of extreme democracy and absolute equality. A sympathizer with the Jacobins of the French Revolution; a radical. About 1800, a nickname for any political reformer.

Jacobite A supporter of James II (1633-1701), who left the English throne in 1688; a supporter of the Stuart pretenders to the English throne.

jactitation Extreme restlessness; tossing from side to side.

J’ai failli attendre I almost had to wait (French).

Jain A member of a non-Brahminical East Indian sect, established about the sixth century B.C., whose main doctrines are similar to those of Buddhism.

jakes A privy.

jalap A mild cathartic.

James I (1566-1625) Successor to Elizabeth I and the first Stuart King, James I is often considered to have had a negative effect on the Navy. He made peace with Spain soon after he ascended the throne and allowed Elizabeth’s fleet to fall into decay. However, this fleet began to revive after 1618, and James’s 64-gun Prince Royal of 1610, the largest ship of its time, pointed the way toward the three-decker.

James’s powder Invented by Dr. Robert James (1703-1776), a diaphoretic and cathartic mixture of ANTIMONY and calcium phosphate that was a popular fever reducer in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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