Definitionadj. relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
Last update: November 2, 2015
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8 45, 1 333, according to whom Typhon, the "snake-footed" earth-spirit, is the god of the destructive wind, perhaps originally of the sirocco, but early taken by the Phoenicians to denote the north wind, in which sense it was probably used by the Greeks of the 5th century in nautical language; and also in Philologus, ii. [Please select]
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In the first three or four hours' sail Geoffrey and Lionel acquired much nautical knowledge. [Please select]
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From the cabin came the sound of the clock striking the hour in nautical fashion. [Please select]
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[22] "Leeward"--a nautical phrase--here meaning the side towards which the wind blows _from_ the field. [Please select]
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There is no nautical dictionary devoted to Elizabethan times. [Please select]
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'You ought to "shiver your timbers", not "bless our hearts", Emil; it's not nautical at all.' [Please select]
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