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35 Cards in this Set
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Shilling |
A British Coin |
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Towhead |
Person with very blond hair |
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Spectacle |
Glasses |
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Gables |
Triangular parts of a roof |
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Pindling |
Puny |
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kindling |
material that burns easily |
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bellows |
device for blowing air |
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privateers |
armed private ship |
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cargo |
transported materials |
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wharf |
structure where ships load and unload |
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apothecary |
pharmacy |
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currency |
money |
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lee |
the side away from the wind |
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windward |
side facing the wind |
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chandlery |
shop that sells stuff for ships |
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indenture |
contract to work for someone else for a certain amount of time |
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becalmed |
ship stuck because there is no wind |
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capstan |
a pole they used to pull in / wind up the rope |
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stern |
back end of a ship |
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starboard |
right hand side of a ship |
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bulkhead |
a wall that divides a ship into separate parts |
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navigation |
the science of finding your location |
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bow |
front of the ship |
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aft |
in, near, or towards the back of the ship |
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theodolite |
precise instrument used in surveying |
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astronomy |
science of the heavens |
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caulking |
filling up a crack or seam to make it watertight |
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plumb |
weight attached to a line to show vertical direction |
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algebra |
mathematics that studies the relationships between numbers and the operations use to work with them |
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trigonometry |
mathematics that study triangles and their practical uses |
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undergraduate |
college students who has not yet earned a degree |
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almanac |
book containing facts about the rising and setting of the sun and moon |
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declination |
angular distance north or south from the ecliptic |
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amplitude |
fullness |
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ecliptic |
circle in which the sun appears to move |
