See also:

• BOATSWAIN (pronounced " bo'sun "; derived from " boat " and " swain," a servant)

BOATSWAIN (pronounced " bo'See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun "; derived from " See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat " and " swain," a servant)  , the See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant officer of the See also:

• NAVY

navy who in sailing-See also:

• SHIPS

ships had particular See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the boats, sails, See also:

• RIGGING (A.S. wrigan or wrihan, to clothe)

rigging, See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, anchors and cordage . He superintended the rigging of the See also:

• SHIP

ship in See also:

• DOCK

dock, and it was his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty to summon the See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew to See also:

• WORK

work by a See also:

• WHISTLE

whistle . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office still remains, though with functions modified by the introduction of See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam . In a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant ship the See also:

• BOATSWAIN (pronounced " bo'sun "; derived from " boat " and " swain," a servant)

boatswain is the foreman of the crew and is sometimes also third or See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• MATE (a corruption of make, from O. Eng. gemaca, a " comrade ")
• MATE, or PARAGUAY TEA

mate .