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1. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
2. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
3. ahoy, int. and v. View full entry 1748
...A shout or exclamation used to hail, greet, or attract attention to someone or something, esp. from a distance (originally at sea). Also ahoy there! Cf. hoy...
4. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
5. all clear, int. and n. View full entry 1826
...orig. Naut. Used to indicate that there is no danger or obstruction, and that it is safe to proceed....
6. aloof, adv., int., adj., and prep. View full entry a1535
...Naut. To the windward side; towards the direction from which the wind blows; (in later use) esp. on a course close to the wind, usually so as to stay...
7. aye | ay, int. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1576
...As an affirmative response to a question: Yes; even so. Common dialectally, and in nautical language; the formal word used in voting ‘yes’ in the House of Commons; but not used for...
8. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
9. heave ho, int. and n. View full entry a1400
...A cry of sailors in heaving the anchor up, etc.; also used as the burden of a song. with heave and how (ho), fig. with force, with might...
10. hell, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The dwelling place of the dead; the abode of departed spirits; the infernal regions regarded as a place of existence after death; the underworld; the grave; Hades....
11. † hissa, int. View full entry c1450
...A cry used on ship-board in hauling or hoisting....
12. ho, int.3 View full entry
...A sailor's cry in heaving or hauling: see heave ho; also how...
13. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
14. how | howe, int.1 (and n.4) View full entry 1377
...An exclamation to attract attention, etc.; = ho Also , as name for this....
15. hoy, int. and n.2 View full entry 1393
...In nautical language (also written hoay) used in hailing or calling aloft. (Cf. ahoy)...
16. Mayday, int. and n.2 View full entry 1923
...Used as an international radio distress signal, esp. by ships and aircraft....
17. memorandum, int. and n. View full entry 1394-1435
...In later use only in Law. ‘It is to be remembered (that)’; placed at the head of a note of something to be remembered or a record (for future reference)...
18. mercy, n. and int. View full entry a1225
...Clemency and compassion shown to a person who is in a position of powerlessness or subjection, or to a person with no right or claim to receive kindness; kind and compassionate treatment...
19. morning, n. and int. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime....
20. negative, adj., adv.2, and int. View full entry c1460
...Of a person: that denies something. Obs.rare....
