NEWELL. An upright piece of timber to receive the tenon of the rails that lead from the breast-hook to the gangway.
NEWGATE BIRDS. The men sent on board ship from prisons; but the term has also been immemorially used, as applied to some of the Dragon's men in the voyage of Sir Thomas Roe to Surat, 1615.
NEW MOON. The moon is said to be new when she is in conjunction with the sun, or between that luminary and the earth.
NEWS. "Do you hear the news?" A formula used in turning up the relief watch.
NICE STEERAGE. That which is required in tide-ways and intricate channels, chasing or chased.
NIDGET. A coward. A term used in old times for those who refused to join the royal standard.
NIGHT-CAP. Warm grog taken just before turning in.
NIGHTINGALES. See [Spithead Nightingales].
NIGHT ORDER-BOOK. A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and ought to be legibly written.
NIGHT-WALKER. A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest number being caught in the night; probably red-snapper.