A word made famous by Robert Newton in the 1950 production of Treasure Island. Privateers also signed articles but the terms and conditions were drawn up between the Captain and the the persosn issuing the letter of marque or owner of the sailing ship. It may come from the religious definition where articles refer to: the separate items of any summary of faith or from the political definition where it means: each of the distinct heads or points of an agreement or treaty.
The word articles may have its roots in one of two places.
Artilces: Terms and conditions agreed to by the crew of the pirate ship. Armadillo: (Armadilla) Any well armed Spanish war vessel that was smaller that a man-o-war. Anchorage: A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom. More precisely: An ensign, standard, or flag: pl. Amidships: In or toward the center of the boat. Along Shore: Along the coast a coast which is in the sight of the shore, and nearly parallel to it. Aloft: On or to a higher part of a ship as the mast, the mast head, the rigging generally, in reference to the deck or the deck as opposed to below. All in the Wind: The state of a ship's sails when they are parallel to the direction of the wind, so as to shake, or quiver. Alee: Away from the direction of the wind. 
Ahoy!: A nautical call used in hailing The call attention to. Aground: Touching or fast to the bottom. Adrift: Loose, not on moorings or towline. About Ship!: The order to prepare for tacking. 
About: The situation of a ship as soon as she has tacked. Above Deck: On the deck (not over it: see aloft). Abeam: At right angles to the keel of the boat, but not on the boat. Abaft: Toward the rear (stern) of the boat. This will bring up a "pop-up" window which will allow you to perform a word search of this or any web page containing text documents. Or you can use your web browser to search for the word.Ĭhoose Find In Page, found under the Edit choice on your browser's Menu Bar or press the "F" key while holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard. First you can use the alphabetic index to bounce down to where the word or phrase may be located. There are few ways to look for your word. Pirates of the Caribbean Home Page- Return to the Lexiconīeing a list of piratical & other related nautical terms.īelow is a list of over 400 words and phrases commonly used when discussing pirates or nautical themes. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Pirate Lexicon Pirates of the Caribbean -Piratical and other nautical terms, a pirate's lexicon
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