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MAGAZINE to MARLING-SPIKE

MAROON to MAT
MAROON
MAST
MASTER
MASTER of a merchant-ship
MASTER at arms
MASTER-attendant
MAT

MATE of a ship of war to MIDSHIPMAN

MIZEN to MORTAR

MOULD to MUSTERING


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MAROON to MAT

MAROON

To MAROON, (deferter, Fr.) to put one or more sailors ashore upon a desolate island, under pretence of their having committed some great crime. This detestable expedient has been repeatedly practised by some inhuman commanders of mechant-ships, particularly in the West-Indies.


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