Carry On Mr. Bowditch Vocabulary

Chapter 1

• Towhead - person with light-colored hair
• Scuttle - bucket
• Gables - a triangular roofed portion of a building
• Nor-easter - north east wind

Chapter 2

• Stow - put away
• Wharf - a structure from which ships sail and land

Chapter 3

• Bristle - (verb) hair straightens up when someone is angry or irritated
• Gale - high wind
• Ballast - (verb) make heavy with ballast of stone or metal to weigh down
• Apothecary - a person who made medicines from herbs

Chapter 4

• Windward - side of a ship from which the wind is blowing
• Lee - the opposite side of the ship from which the wind is blowing

Chapter 5

• Scurry - move quickly, hurry to another place
• Garret - attic, often used for storage before closets were added to bedrooms
• Chandlery - sells specialized nautical (or ship) supplies
• Indentured - a legal contract to serve as a servant or as an apprentice for a stated period of time

Chapter 6

• Doleful - sad, melancholy
• Stern - back of ship
• Starboard - right side of ship when a sailor stands facing the front or fore of the ship
• Taffrail - rail across the stern of the ship
• Knots: a measurement of a ships speed; originally recorded in knots per second (when converted to mph a knot is about 1.15 miles per hour)

Chapter 7

• Cordage - rope or lines
• Caulker - a person who caulks a ship by putting putty like material in cracks

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