Index to Volume Seven - The People - Dock Family Trees - Glossary . . .

Making way - When a vessel is moving under its own power. [043]

Man overboard! - An emergency call that alerts the crew that someone aboard has gone overboard and must be rescued. [043]

No room to swing a cat - The entire ship's company was expected to witness floggings, assembled on deck. If it was very crowded, the bosun might not have room to swing the "cat o' nine tails" (the whip). [043]

Oakum - Material used for caulking hulls. Often hemp picked from old untwisted ropes. [043]

Pilot Navigator - A specially knowledgeable person qualified to navigate a vessel through difficult waters, e.g. harbour pilot etc. [043]

Port of registry - The port listed in a vessel'​s registration documents and lettered on her stern. Often used incorrectly as a synonym for "home port", meaning the port at which the vessel is based, but which may differ from her port of registry. [043]

Porthole - or port an opening in a ship's side, esp. a round one for admitting light and air, fitted with thick glass and, often, a hinged metal cover, a window. [043]

Ballastage - Toll paid for the privilege of taking ballast. [284]

Chauffer or Cresset - An iron or metal bracket or box, for holding fire and combustibles, to be placed on a beacon or lighthouse. [284]

Grain -The water in front of a vessel. [284]

Wake - The water behind a vessel.

Lastage - The lading of a ship: a duty paid for the right of carrying goods; port duty for loading a vessel; so much a last. [284]

Lenage, Loadnage, Loneage - Not found in any dictionary, but assumed to be the same thing as 'lastage'. [284]