107, 1. The trades. That is, the trade winds, which blow constantly in the same direction during certain seasons of the year.
2. Abeam. At right angles to the side of the ship.
3. All was drawing alow and aloft. All sails were set, and were filled with the wind.
4. Luff. A nautical term of half-a-dozen meanings; here, apparently, the distention of the sail.
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109, 1. Along of. In consequence of.
2. Corso Castle. Perhaps on Cape Corso, on the northern end of the island of Corsica.
110, 1. Hatches. Covers to close openings in the deck of a ship
2. Gentlemen of fortune. Their euphemism for pirates.
111, 1. Set up gentleman. Note the idiom.
2. A slip on his cable. A wrong or tricky action.
114, 1. Execution Dock. A place in London where criminals were hanged.
2. Chapling. Chaplain.
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117, 1. Sheeted home. Sails furled.
118, 1. Captain Kidd. A notorious pirate of the seventeenth century; hanged at Execution Dock in 1701.
119, 1. Careen. To tip the vessel over on the sand.
122, 1. Look well from a yard-arm. Mautinous sailors were sometimes hanged from the yard-arms, the cross beams running out from the masts.
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124, 1. Scuppers. Openings in the sides of a ship at the level of the deck.
125, 1. Warped. Moved forward by pulling one end around.
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140, 1. Gaskin. A kind of hempen packing-cloth.
141, 1. Chuck-farthen. A kind of pitch-penny game.
143, 1. Clove-hitch. A kind of sailor's knot; here, of course, meaning "a tight place."
