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The mariner's compass. See under Compass.
Mariner's card, or compass.
A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
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The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.
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Seamanship.
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One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
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One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.
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Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.
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One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.
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One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
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Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
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A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
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The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
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A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
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A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.
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A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.
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One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
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Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
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A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
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A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
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