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ballast
Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to enhance stabilityAdd Comment
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Barbary Coast
The Mediterranean coastline of North Africa, from Egypt to the Atlantic coastline.Add Comment
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barkadeer
A small pier or jetty vessel.Add Comment
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barque (also bark)
A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged; a small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails.Add Comment
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becalmed
The state of a sailing vessel which cannot move due to a lack of wind.Add Comment
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belay
(1) To secure or make fast (a rope, for example) by winding on a cleat or pin. (2) To stop, most often used as a command.Add Comment
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belaying pin
A short wooden rod to which a ship's rigging is secured. A common improvised weapon aboard a sailing ship, because they're everywhere, they're easily picked up, and they are the right size and weight to be used as clubs.Add Comment
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bilged on her anchor
A ship holed or pierced by its own anchor.Add Comment
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bilge
(1) The lowest part inside the ship, within the hull itself which is the first place to show signs of leakage. The bilge is often dank and musty, and considered the most filthy, dead space of a ship. (2) Nonsense, or foolish talk.Add Comment
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bilge rat
(1) A rat living in the bilge of a ship. It is considered the lowliest creature by pirates, but many pirates take to eating the animals to survive. (2) An insulting name given by a pirate.Add Comment
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bilge water
Water inside the bilge sometimes referred to as bilge itself.Add Comment
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bittacle (or bitacola and later binnacle)
A box on the deck of a ship holding the ship's compass.Add Comment
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black jack
A drink container made of leather.Add Comment
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black spot
A black smudge on a piece of paper used by pirates as a threat. A black spot is often accompanied by a written message specifying the threat. Most often a black spot represents a death threat.Add Comment
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blimey!
An exclamation of surprise.Add Comment
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blow the man down
To kill someone.Add Comment
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boatswain (also bosn or bosun)
A warrant officer or petty officer on a merchant ship who is in charge of the ships rigging, anchors, cables, and deck crew.Add Comment
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bonaventure mizzen
A fourth mast found on large galleons of the Sixteenth Century.Add Comment
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boom
A long spar extending from a mast to hold or extend the foot of a sail.Add Comment
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booty
Treasure.Add Comment
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