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PURSER |
Ship’s officer |
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FIRSTMATE |
Ship captain's chief officer |
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TIDESMAN |
A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant
ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter. |
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SWABBER |
Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of
war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean. |
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SUPERCARGO |
An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is
to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the
voyage. |
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ATTACH |
To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain
regiment, company, or ship. |
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BOATSWAIN |
An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging,
colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons
the crew, and performs other duties. |
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SURRENDER |
To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver
up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender
one's person to an... |
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SUPERINTEND |
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to
oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to
supervise; as, an o... |
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ENTRY |
The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the
customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account
of a ship's carg... |
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NOTARY |
A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other
writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make
them authentic,... |