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Filling a seam (with caulking or pitch), lubricating the running rigging; paying with slush (q.v.), protecting from the weather by covering with slush. See also: The Devil to pay. (French from paix, pitch)
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Fall out with a friend. From the days when cleaning materials were shared between sailors.
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Each yard on a square rigged sailing ship is equipped with a footrope for sailors to stand on while setting or stowing the sails
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Either the commander of commercial vessel, or a senior officer of a naval sailing ship in charge of routine seamanship and navigation but not in command during combat.
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Deliberately running a vessel aground, to load and unload (as with landing craft), or sometimes to prevent a damaged vessel sinking.
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