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'''Mustard-Grinder'''<br>
 
'''Mustard-Grinder'''<br>
 
Mustarder: one who dealt in buying and selling mustard<Br>
 
Mustarder: one who dealt in buying and selling mustard<Br>
GRINDER: one who operates a ginding machine in any of several trades
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GRINDER: one who operates a ginding machine in any of several trades<br>
 
From Colonial Occupations, online.
 
From Colonial Occupations, online.
  

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Interdiction at sea
Interdiction: Authoritative prohibition
A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity - interdict
is a sequential process that includes surveillance of often broad ocean areas

Skanderoon
Iskenderun, Turkish port, eastern Mediterranean.

Loxodrome
Line of constant compass bearing on the surface of the Earth. A parallel of latitude is a loxodrome, but most great-circle arcs are not (the exceptions being the Equator and every meridian).

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Caffeinist
Anachronism (1830).

new Captain
(Did the last one die of his wounds then?)

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Mustard-Grinder
Mustarder: one who dealt in buying and selling mustard
GRINDER: one who operates a ginding machine in any of several trades
From Colonial Occupations, online.

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cheaply opiated Pint
Yes, opium beer; cheap opium beer. Also in ATD.

Quantz Etude
Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697–July 12, 1773) was a German flutist, flute maker and composer. Quantz began his musical studies as a child with his uncle. He began to concentrate on the flute, performing more and more on the instrument. He gradually became known as the finest flautist in Europe, and toured France and England. He became flute teacher, flute maker and composer to Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great) in 1740. He was an innovator in flute design, adding keys to the instrument to help with intonation (playing in tune), for example.
Although Quantz wrote many pieces of music, mainly for the flute (including around 300 flute concertos), he is best known today as the author of Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversière zu spielen (1752), a treatise on flute playing. It is of great interest today as a source of information on performance practice and flute technique in the 18th century.

Etude'
An etude (from the French word étude meaning "study") is a short musical composition designed to provide practice in a particular technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument.

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Enemas of... Coffee
(Cf AtD)

Slow-Matches
???

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Turk's Head
A knot built on a cylinder (such as a rope) and having a woven appearance on the surface. Used decoratively or to create a grip. Ashley's Book of Knots (published in the 1940s, still in print) describes dozens of forms.

Matthew Walker
A knot tied in the strands of a rope, forming a projection or knob. The Matthew Walker is generally tied in the middle of the rope; the strands are then laid up again to the end.

Jewel Block
???

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perfectly beneath us
Astronomy 101 would have to flunk TRP-- anywhere in the Tropics the sun will be overhead on some days. At the Equator, only on the two equinoxes.

Annotation Index

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attendant Inconvenience
Again that word as in the H.M. S ship name and the airship in ATD. Here a meaning is more spelled out---others' wills and preferences which complicate one's fantasies of comeliness and willingness.


One:
Latitudes and Departures

1: 5-11, 2: 12-13, 3: 14-29, 4: 30-41, 5: 42-46, 6: 47-57, 7: 58-76, 8: 77-86, 9: 87-93, 10: 94-104, 11: 105-115, 12: 116-124, 13: 125-145, 14: 146-157, 15: 158-166, 16: 167-174, 17: 175-182, 18: 183-189, 19: 190-198, 20: 199-206, 21: 207-214, 22: 215-227, 23: 228-237, 24: 238-245, 25: 245-253


Two:
America

26: 257-265, 27: 266-274, 28: 275-288, 29: 289-295, 30: 296-301, 31: 302-314, 32: 315-326, 33: 327-340, 34: 341-348, 35: 349-361, 36: 362-370, 37: 371-381, 38: 382-390, 39: 391-398, 40: 399-409, 41: 410-421, 42: 422-435, 43: 436-439, 44: 440-447, 45: 448-451, 46: 452-459, 47: 460-465, 48: 466-475, 49: 476-483, 50: 484-490, 51: 491-498, 52: 499-510, 53: 511-524, 54: 525-541, 55: 542-553, 56: 554-561, 57: 562-569, 58: 570-574, 59: 575-584, 60: 585-596, 61: 597-607, 62: 608-617, 63: 618-622, 64: 623-628, 65: 629-632, 66: 633-645, 67: 646-657, 68: 658-664, 69: 665-677, 70: 678-686, 71: 687-693, 72: 694-705, 73: 706-713

Three:
Last Transit

74: 717-732, 75: 733-743, 76: 744-748, 77: 749-757, 78: 758-773

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