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" Call, a sort of whistle, or pipe, of silver or brass, used by the boatswain and his mates to summon the sailors to their duty, and direct them in the different employments of the ship. "
The Mariner's Mirror - Page 95
edited by - 1922
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The Midshipman's Or British Mariner's Vocabulary: Being a Universal ...

J. J. Moore - 1805 - 300 pages
...are coiled away. CABOOSE. See GALLEY. CALL, a silver pipe or whistle of a peculiar construc„ tion, used by the boatswain and his mates to summon the...direct them in the different employments of the ship ; as the call can ba sounded to various strains, each of them is appropriated to some particular exercise,...
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The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 2

William Nicholson - 1809 - 726 pages
...the flageolet part with tlie thumb to counterfeit the call of the hen quail. CALL, in sea-language, a sort of whistle or pipe, of silver or brass, used...summon the sailors to their duty, and direct them in their several employments. It is sounded to various strains, adapted to the different exercises, as...
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Lives of the British Admirals: Containing Also a New and Accurate ..., Volume 8

John Campbell - 1817 - 562 pages
...these seams, it is covered with hot melted pitch or resin, to keep the water from rotting it. CALL, a sort of whistle, or pipe, of silver or brass, used by the boatswain and his mates to summons the sailors to their duty, and direct them in the different employments of the ship. As the...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 3

William Nicholson - 1819 - 412 pages
...the flageolet part with the thumb, to counterfeit the call of the- hen quail. CALL, in sea-language, a sort of whistle or pipe, of silver or brass, used...summon the sailors to their duty, and direct them in their several employments. Il is sounded to various strains, adapted to the dif. ferent exercises,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 5

1823 - 848 pages
...CALL, an English name for the mineral called tungsten or wolfram by the Germans. CALL, among sailors, a sort of whistle or pipe, of silver or brass, used...duty, and direct them in the different employments in the ship. As the call can be sounded to various strains, each of them is appropriated to some particular...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 5

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 pages
...on the flageolet part with the thumb, to counterfeit the call of the hen quail. CALL, among sailors, 2p#u QK< B e bO { pAo 켶 wc . 81M"2 o [ @s &ʝ +5 ...>` 2u> ȫ < Mg-_v-_ [Q | s ( Ȟ- _ i CALL or THE HOUSE, in the British Parliament, is the calling over the names of the members, to discover...
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The Royal Mariner: Etc. Etc

Charles Doyne Sillery - 1834 - 248 pages
...a ship, after she is equipped from a royal dock-yard. The whistle (or call, as it is termed), is a pipe of silver or brass, used by the boatswain and...sailors to their duty, and direct them in the different employment of the ship : the piping of this instrument is as attentively observed by the sailors, as...
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ..., Volume 1

John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1848 - 1134 pages
...nomination; a sound made upon the horn by hunters to cheer tho hounds ; a whistle or pipe used on board ship by the boatswain and his mates to summon the sailors to their duty. Call of the Ноше, я parliamentary term, implying a summons to the various members to be present...
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Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, Part 2

1863 - 508 pages
...needful charge to each.''§ We remark further that Falconer defines "call (sifflet du maitre d'equipage) a sort of whistle or pipe, of silver or brass, used...the sailors to their duty, and direct them in the diB'erent employments of the ship." "It is sounded to various strains, adapted to the different exercises,...
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Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, Part 2

1864 - 664 pages
...needful charge to each."§ We remark further that Falconer defines "call (sifflet du maitre d'equipage) a sort of whistle or pipe, of silver or brass, used...hoisting, heaving, lowering, veering away, belaying, letting go a tackle &c., and the piping of it is as attentively observed by sailors, as the beat of...
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