nautical
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abandon ship/əˈbændən ˈʃɪp/
To leave or forsake a ship, due to its impending doom.
nautiloids/ˈnɔːtɪlɔɪdz/
A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.
flight decks/flaɪt dɛks/
The deck of an aircraft carrier, where aircraft can land and take off.
jaw/d͡ʒɔː/ /d͡ʒɑ/
The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
amplitude/ˈæm.plɪ.tud/
The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
dowse/daʊs/
A sudden plunging into water.
donkeymen/ˈdɒŋkimən/ /ˈdɑːŋkimən/
The person in charge of a ship's engine room
cord/kɔːd/ /kɔɹd/
An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
hulking/ˈhʌlkɪŋ/
To reduce (a ship) to a (nonfunctional) hulk.
compass card/ˈkʌmpəs kɑːrd/
The circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs.