Sailor's Word-book, H - M, The by William Henry Smyth (1788 - 1865)

A digest of sea terms and phrases, including flora, fauna, fish, fowl and fable of the sea, weaponry aboard ship, parts of a ship, qualities of a seaman, insurance, trading, and so on. The author says of Shakespeare, whom he quotes often, "[he] knew everything." The same can be said of Admiral Smyth. - Summary by Czandra