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| abaft | Close to the rear of the boat. |
| aft | Rear of the boat. |
| buskers | Men who earned their living by offloading the fish when the boat docked at the quayside. This was casual work. |
| chocks | A block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of objects. |
| commenced | The beginning of something. |
| courtesies | Good manners and politeness. |
| delicacy | Delicious food. |
| deputation | Someone who stands in for everyone else at a meeting or event. |
| detrimentally | Harmfully |
| dosshouse (flophouse) | A dosshouse is a place that offers very cheap lodging. Some people who live in flophouses may be just a step above homelessness. |
| exceptions | A person or thing that is left out. |
| exotic | Very unusual. |
| fathoms | Units used to measure the depth of water. 1 fathom equals 6 feet. |
| fiddley | The fiddley is an area above the ship boilers designed for the intake of fresh air. Fiddley grates prevent people or objects from falling into the boiler room. |
| fore end | The part of a boat or things forward of amidships. |
| galley | The kitchen of a ship. |
| gastric | To do with the stomach. |
| gutted | Having removed the guts from a dead fish. |
| hove | The past tense of heave - to lift or pull something heavy. |
| illustrates | An example that helps to explain things. |
| immature | Not fully grown. |
| Jonah | A person believed to bring bad luck. |
| knots | A unit measuring the speed of a ship. 1 knot = 1 nautical mile. |
| laboured | Worked hard. |
| masthead | A mast is a vertical pole on a ship, which supports sails or rigging. The masthead is the top of the mast where a small platform with a lookout point may be placed. |
| moderate | Medium - not very tall or very small, but somewhere in between. |
| participate | To share in something. |
| pitched | To move up and down in a rough sea. |
| ponds | A small holding tank for fish. |
| preserving | To prepare the fish so it won't rot and go bad. |
| remunerative | Pay or reward for something. |
| repudiating | Denying |
| salting | To rub salt into the fish to preserve it. |
| sikket | A small watercourse. |
| snatch block | A block that can be opened on one side to secure a rope. |
| sturgeon | A very large fish with a long snout and rows of spines along the body. |
| unsympathetic | Having no feelings or pity. |
| ventilators | Allowing air to move freely in and out of a room. |