Clipper-bow.—A bow of delicate curves and lines.
Clout.—A rag or cloth. Also a blow:—‘I fetched him a clout i’ the lug.’
Crimp.—A sort of scoundrelly land-shark preying upon sailors.
D.B.S.—Distressed British Sailor. A term applied to those who are invalided home from foreign ports.
Dungaree.—A cheap, rough thin cloth (generally blue or brown), woven, I am told, of coco-nut fibre.
Forward or Forrard.—Towards the bows.
Fo’c’s’le (Forecastle).—The deck-house or living-room of the crew. The word is often used to indicate the crew, or those members of it described by passengers as the ‘common sailors.’
Fore-stay.—A powerful wire rope supporting the fore-mast forward.
Gaskets.—Ropes or plaited lines used to secure the sails in furling.
Goneys.—Albatrosses.