MALLEMAK, or Mollymauk. A sea-bird; the Procellaria glacialis, called also [fulmar] (which see).
MALLEMAROKING. The visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships.
MALLET. A wooden hammer, of which there are several sorts.—A caulking mallet is employed to drive the oakum into the seams of a ship. The head of this mallet is long, cylindrical, and hooped with iron.—Serving mallet. A cylindrical piece of wood with a groove on one side and a handle on the other. It is used in serving the rigging, binding the spun yarn more firmly about it than could be done by hand.
MALLOW. A northern name for the sea-plant Zostera marina.
MALTHA. Mineral pitch.
MAN. A ship is frequently spoken of as man; as man-of-war, merchantman, Guineaman, East or West Indiaman, Greenlandman, &c.
MAN, To. To provide a competent number of hands for working and fighting a ship; to place people for duty, as "Man the barge;" "Man the capstan;" "Man the yards," &c.
MAN, Isle of, Battery. A name given to the three guns mounted on ships' turrets.
MANARVEL, To. To pilfer small stores.