| 单词 | navy book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnavy book navy book n. (usually in plural) †(a) an official record giving biographical and professional information concerning the employees of a navy (obsolete); (b) an official listing of the officers and other ratings of a naval ship; cf. navy register n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > account books navy book1758 1758 Let. to Mayor wherein Discouragem. of Seamen are Examined 7 Such Payment being requisite to be made..by Clerks possessed of the proper Navy-Books. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Ordinary The term ordinary..is likewise used to distinguish the inferior sailors from the more expert... The latter are rated able on the navy-books. 1858 Littell's Living Age 13 Mar. 645 He [sc. Smollett] was back in England and his name removed from the Navy Books by the early part of 1744. 1898 Dict. National Biogr. LIII. 175/1 Smollett seems to have removed his name from the navy books in May 1744. 1999 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 26 Aug. 4 (heading) Navy books in disarray. < as lemmas |
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