NAKE! The old word to unsheath swords, or make them naked.
NAKED. State of a ship's bottom without sheathing. Also, a place without means of defence.
NAKHADAH, or Nacodah. An Arab sea-captain.
NAME. The name of a merchant ship, as well as the port to which she belongs, must be painted in a conspicuous manner on her stern. If changed, she must be registered de novo, and the old certificate cancelled.
NAME-BOARD. The arch-board, or part whereon the ship's name and port are painted.
NAME-BOOK. The Anglo-Saxon nom-bóc, a mustering list.
NANCY. An east-country term for a small lobster.
NANCY DAWSON. A popular air by which seamen were summoned to grog.
NANKIN. A light fawn-coloured or white cotton cloth, almost exclusively worn at one time in our ships on the India station. It was supplied from China, but is now manufactured in England, Malta, and the United States.
NANT. A brook, or small river, on the coasts of Wales.