[384] This word is not in the N.E.D., but it evidently means 'to become more dull or calm.' It is used as a transitive verb by Mainwaring in the Seaman's Dictionary, s.v. 'Blowe':—'the heat of the land, which should duller the wind.'
[385] Sheirenasse.
[386] Merhonour.
[387] For an inclusive sum.
[388] Plans, draughts.
[389] I.e. the curves of the timbers which were to form the frame. Each complete 'mould' would give a transverse section of the ship.
[390] Button sailed as 'Admiral' of this expedition in the Resolution, which was lost in the voyage. He was accompanied by the Discovery in which Waymouth and Hudson had made earlier voyages to the same parts.
[391] This use of 'together' in the sense of mutually, from each other, is not illustrated in the N.E.D., but it is evidently cognate to its use in the expressions 'love together,' 'see together' (= meet) of which examples are given.
[392] The burden in 'tons' represents the net wine-carrying capacity of the ship in Bordeaux casks. The 'tonnage' was an additional allowance equal to one-third of this; the 'ton and tonnage' representing the gross burden (see Oppenheim, Administration, pp. 30, 132, 266).
[393] The pirate; subsequently a naval officer; author of the Discourse of the Beginnings, Practices, and Suppression of Pirates, and of The Seaman's Dictionary; knighted 1618. MS. 'Manwaring'; other spellings of the name are Maynwaring, Manwayring, Maynnaring, Mannering.