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A ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL ALL bands high to ANCHOR ALL bands high ALOST ALONG-side To lay ALONG-side ALONG-shore Lying ALONG ALOOF AMAIN AMIDSHIPS ANCHOR To drag the ANCHORS to To fish the ANCHOR To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR to Top-ARMOUR ASHORE to AUGER AWEIGH to AZIMUTH COMPASS Search Contact us
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Lying ALONGLying ALONG (a la bande, au long, Fr.) the state of being pressed down sideways by a weight of sail in a fresh wind that crosses the Ship's course either directly or obliquely.
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