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Nauticals is British rhyming slang for haemorrhoids (piles).
Artical is Jamaican slang for genuine, bona fide, sincere, respected.
A nautical expression now in common use, meaning "broadly speaking". Nautically, it means to sail a boat "by" the wind but not "large", or close to the wind.
Nautical miles is British rhyming slang for haemorrhoids (piles).
Sharks was old nautical slang for the press−gang.
A unit of length, normally equal to three nautical miles.
Galley yarn is nautical slang for a rumour.
Flipper is nautical slang for a hand.
Seasickness.
Noun. A bout of vomiting, self-administered to enable one to drink more alcohol. A pun on the expression tactical blunder. See 'chunder'.
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian arc. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres, approximately 6,076 feet, or 2000 yards, which is close enough for government work.
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pl.
of Natica
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Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.
n.
Nautical skill or experience.
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Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.
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Alt. of Tactical
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.
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Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
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Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
adv. & a.
On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.
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Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
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In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.
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Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.
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Attic.
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Nautical.
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Alt. of Noetical
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A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
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Alt. of Caustical
pl.
of Natica
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A nautical or a geographic mile.
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