See Also: boatswain(medicine)
boatswain(dictionary)
boatswain(dictionary)
Boatswain - Sailing(gambling)

afternoon (iou) and boatswain (iou)


afternoon (iou)



afternoon noun. ME.
[from AFTER preposition + NOON noun: cf. Latin post meridiem.]
The time from midday or lunch-time to evening; this time spent in a particular way. ME.
this afternoon (during) the afternoon of today. TOMORROW afternoon. YESTERDAY afternoon.
Tennyson In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon.
ellipt. As interjection. Good afternoon. colloq. E20.
E. O'Neill Afternoon, Harriet...Afternoon, Ma.
Comb.: afternoon tea: see TEA noun 5(a).

boatswain (iou)



boatswain noun. Also BOSUN.

A ship's petty officer or warrant officer who has charge of sails, rigging, etc., and is responsible for summoning men to duty. LOE.
The Arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus. L18.
Comb.: boatswain bird a tropic bird; boatswain's chair a wooden seat suspended from ropes for work on the side of a ship or building; boatswain's mate a boatswain's deputy or assistant.