books: nautical terms ... (expressions fascinating illustrated)

books: nautical terms ...

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The Overlook Illustrated Dictionary of Nautical Terms

1 review
Graham Blackburn

Overlook TP, 1984

find out what the sailors are talking about
I consider this book to be an essential reference work for anyone interested in knowing about ships and boats. It would be useful for the armchair sailor reading Melville novels as well as for people who actually go to sea for sport or work. It's accurate, very comprehensive (350 pages or so), yet concise and well written. The drawings that go along with many of the definitions are very ...

Boater's Book Of Nautical Terms
David S. Yetman

Bristol Fashion Publications, Inc., 1998

After years of writing award winning articles for major boating magazines, David S. Yetman had compiled over one thousand nautical terms and phrases every boater should know. The next logical step: writing an excellent reference book containing these terms and phrases. This book contains the phonic pronunciation for the appropriate entries and many illustrations to further explain the text. During the past several hundred years, the boating ...

Chapman The Sailor's Lexicon: The Classic Source for More Than 15,000 Nautical Terms
Admiral W. H. Smyth

Hearst, 2005

First published in 1867, this classic digest is still used by the foremost writers of both maritime non-fiction and fiction, and served as the major reference for Patrick O'Brian ( Master and Commander ). It includes 15,000 entries in dictionary form that constitute an encyclopaedic collection of nautical words and phrases. Some of these remain common; others appear in contemporary literature, if not lingo. From "afforciament" (an antiquated ...

The Sailor's Word-Book : An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including Some More Especially Military ...

1 review
W. H. Smyth

Lee Valley Tools, Limited, 2004

Sailor's necessity!
As someone who learned to sail late in life I have to say it's a great sport. However, I have witnessed others trying to learn how to do it and the first thing they collide with is the very extensive terminology. You can't go around calling every part of the boat a "thing"! I found this book to be very helpful in providing the story behind sailing terms, some of which are quite ancient and ...

Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

2 reviews
Bill Beavis, Richard G. McCloskey

Sheridan House, 1994

From A.1 to Write-Off
Bill Beavis and Richard McCloskey's "Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions" is a short, entertaining but informative "dictionary" of everyday expressions with nautical origins. The roughly 200 terms and expressions can be grouped into three types: common words we all know have nautical origins (e.g., scuttlebutt, groggy); common words most of us don't know have ...

Captain Bucko's Nauti-Words Handbook: Fascinating Facts and Fables About the Origins of Hundreds of Nautical ...

2 reviews
Roger Paul Huff

iUniverse, Inc., 2004

Captain Bucko is a Must Read!
If you've ever wondered where many of our popular everyday expressions come from, you will find the answers in Captain Bucko's Nauti-Words Handbook. There are hundreds of nautical terms and everyday expressions described by the author, Roger Huff, in a fascinating and humorous style. And the author is no landlubber just doing research at a library; he has credentials as a seaman and a ...

Nautical Terms & Abbreviations

2 reviews
Helene Gaillet de Neergaard

The Near Field Press, 1994

for a better sailor... for a better reader too!
This book came in handy while I was "armchair traveling" I was reading a series of Patrick O'Brien books, and the book of Nautical Terms and Abbreviations was an invaluable reading aid. It let me enjoy those novels much more, knowing exactly what was being mentioned or described along the narratives. A great asset in your reference library.

A Dictionary of Sea Terms

1 review
A. Ansted

Ferguson Brown & Son, 1985

Understanding Nautical Adventure Literature
I originally bought Ansted's extremely comprehensive dictionary of nautical terms in an effort to be able to comprehend all the jargon used so knowlegeably by Patrick O'Brian in his wonderful Aubrey/Maturin series. Since then, I find myself just reading it for the fun of it. First published in 1920, it still contains all of the 18th and 19th century terminology used in relation to the sailing, ...

Chart No. 1 Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms
N.I.M.A.

ProStar Publications, Inc., 2001

Chart No. 1 contains a description of the symbols, abbreviations and terms that appear on nautical charts produced by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the National Ocean Service and the International Hydrographic Organization.