Dictionary of Piratical and Nautical Terms

You are invited to begin your Piratical Dictionary. You will choose words which are unfamiliar to you and which are important to developing your understanding of Pirates and their nautical adventures. Please organize your dictionary alphabetically; you may wish to make a page (front and back) for each letter of the alphabet. Be sure each entry has an explanation, description, and/or illustration. You will complete at least 35 entries.

Possible Entries:

Pirates Buccaneers Privateers Corsairs Lubbers Gale Doubloons Pieces-of-eight Jolly Roger Ransom Barnacles Seven Seas Cutlass Pistols Muskets Pirates’ Articles of Agreement (Brethren-of-the-Coast Rules)

Rigging Hull Bow Stern Aft Galley Mainmast Hold Sloop Galleon Mainsail Spanish Main Brig Masts Starboard Port Upper topsails First mate Helmsman

Contraband Customs taxes Molasses Flogged Latitude Backstaff Almanac Quarterdeck Boatswain Maggots Marooning Moored Articles Deserters League Tacking Careen Powder monkey Magazine