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[edit] B
[edit] Bayonet
- "Charge your bayonets!"
- ―East India Trading Company lieutenant[src]
A blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close combat. [1] Officers of the Royal Navy[1] and the East India Trading Company[2] employed bayonets.
[edit] Belay
- "Belay that "belay that"!"
- ―Jack Sparrow[src]
To stop what you are doing, commonly given as an order to a ship's crew. Literally means to tie something down or make it fast. [2]
[edit] Before the mast
- "Join my crew, and postpone the judgement. One hundred years before the mast. Will ye serve?"
- ―Davy Jones[src]
Referring to a common sailor, derived from a sailor's position in the forecastle, forward of the foremast; also used to refer to an unlicensed sailor. [3]
[edit] Bilge
- The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides;
- To damage a ship's hull so as to create an entry for seawater.
- Slang for nonsense or stupid talk. [4]
[edit] Bilge rat
- "You pirates are worse than bilge rats!"
- ―Unknown citizen of Port Royal to Chevalle[src]
A pirate insult, with both words having derogatory connotations (bilge being the lowest portion of a ship's hull). [5]
[edit] Blacksmith
- "Mister Turner, you are not a military man; you are not a sailor. You are a blacksmith."
- ―James Norrington to William Turner[src]
The profession of a person who creates objects from iron or steel by "forging" the metal (by using hand tools to hammer, bend, cut and otherwise shape it in its non-liquid form). Blacksmiths work in forges or smithys,[3] such as John Brown's smithy, where William Turner worked as Mr. Brown's apprentice.[1]
[edit] Board
- The side of a ship;
- One leg, or tack, of the course of a ship beating to windward;
- The act of "boarding", or entering, a ship ("board"; "on board"; "aboard");
- For a ship to come up alongside another, commonly to attack;
- To "go by the board", to go over the ship's side [6]
[edit] Bootlegger
- "David Williams - Much Feared Bootlegger"
- ―David Williams' tombstone[src]
Someone who makes or sells illegal liquor. [7]
[edit] Bow
The forward end of a vessel; opposite to aft or stern. [8]
[edit] Brig
- "Send this pestilent, traitorous, cow hearted, yeasty codpiece to the brig."
- ―Jack Sparrow on William Turner[src]
A type of two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts; also used to refer to a place of confinement aboard a ship.[9] Vessels such as the Black Pearl[1] and the Flying Dutchman[4] contained brigs.
[edit] Buccaneer
Another term for a pirate, commonly any who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century. [10]
