See also:

• COXSWAIN (properly " cockswain," and pronounced cox'n, usually shortened to " cox "; from " cock," a small boat, and swain, a servant)

COXSWAIN (properly " cockswain," and pronounced See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

cox'n, usually shortened to " cox "; from " See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock," a small 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)  , in the See also:

• NAVY

navy, a See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty officer in See also:

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

charge of a See also:

• SHIP

ship's 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 its 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, who steers; the See also:

• COXSWAIN (properly " cockswain," and pronounced cox'n, usually shortened to " cox "; from " cock," a small boat, and swain, a servant)

coxswain of the See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain's See also:

• GIG

gig takes a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank among petty See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . In the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Lifeboat Institution of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain the " coxswain " is a paid permanent See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official on each station, who has charge of the lifeboat and See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, is responsible for its care, and steers and takes command when afloat . The word is also used, generally, of any one who steers a boat .