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PART VI CHAPTER XXVIII

242, 1. Batten down your hatches. Keep silent.

2. Till you’re spoke. Until you are addressed. This is a nautical use of the word speak.

3. Cross-trees to keelson. A cross-tree is the cross-bar of wood or iron near the top of the mast. The keelson is the heavy timber placed along the keel, or bottom, of the ship, to strengthen it.

244, 1. Avast. Hold, stop.

247, 1. Blunt. Slang for money.

248, 1. Caulker. To caulk a boat is to stop up its leaks, and make it fit for use. Silver’s meaning here is, of course, clear.

CHAPTER XXX

260, 1. Supercargo. An officer on a merchant vessel whose business it is to sell and purchase the cargoes or freight.

263, 1. Gammon. To cajole, to deceive.<section end=n263-1 />

CHAPTER XXXII

284, 1. <section begin=n284-1 />Clear to probation. Clear to the point of proof.<section end=n284-1 />

2. <section begin=n284-2 />Cache. A hiding place; also the thing hidden.<section end=n284-2 />

CHAPTER XXXIII

291, 1. <section begin=n291-1 />Scuttled. Sunk.<section end=n291-1 />

CHAPTER XXXIV

293, 1. <section begin=n293-1 />Moidores. A Portuguese gold coin worth about six dollars and a half.<section end=n293-1 />

2. <section begin=n293-2 />Sequins. An Italian gold coin worth about two dollars and a half.<section end=n293-2 />

299, 1. <section begin=n299-1 />Wain-ropes. Wain is an old name for wagon.<section end=n299-1 />