OLD ICE. In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
OLD-STAGER. One well initiated in anything.
OLD-STAGERISM. An adherence to established customs; sea conservatism.
OLDSTERS. In the old days of cockpit tyranny, mids of four years' standing, and master's-mates, &c., who sadly bullied the youngsters.
OLD WIFE. A fish about 2 feet long, and 9 inches high in the back, having a small mouth, a large eye, a broad dorsal fin, and a blue body. Also, the brown long-tailed duck of Pennant.
OLD WOMAN'S TOOTH. A peculiar chisel for stub morticing.
OLERON CODE. A celebrated collection of maritime laws, compiled and promulgated by Richard Cœur-de-Lion, at the island of Oleron, near the coast of Poitou, the inhabitants of which have been deemed able mariners ever since. It is reckoned the best code of sea-laws in the world, and is recorded in the black book of the admiralty.
OLICK. The torsk or tusk, Gadus callarias.
OLIVER. A west-country term for a young eel.
OLPIS. A classic term for one who, from a shore eminence, watched the course which shoals of fish took, and communicated the result to the fishers. (See [Conder].)