Holystone: alternatives and connections

The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.

A house of worship for seamen.

The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.

A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.

A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which…

a machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.

An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing gov…

The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two…

One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.

A man-of-war having two gun decks.

A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.

A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.

A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is ofte…

A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.

The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.