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from Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1815 edition; ed. William Burney (London: Chatham Publishing, 2006), 141–142.
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chained_bear "1st. Silence.—At this word, every one is to observe a silent attention to the officers."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1815 Oct 10, 2008