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The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.

argo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager. [Obs.] The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a romager, to range and bestow all merchandise. Hakluyt .

ls; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

ot so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. Shak. -- Salt-water sailor, an ocean mariner. -- Salt-water tailor. (Zoöl.) See Bluefish.

orm school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.

Mariner's card, or compass.

The mariner's compass. See under Compass.

A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners. Shak.

One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.

Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman. Able seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship. -- ordinary seaman. See…

Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.

e shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii. 27. Shipman's card, the mariner's compass. [Obs.] Shak.

equent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction. Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. Pope.

Seized or caught up. " She bears upcaught a mariner away." Cowper.

That which is strongly wished or desired. What's your will, good friar Shak. The mariner hath his will. Coleridge.

us, thy virtue's the proof; Put forth thy utmost strength, work every nerve. Addison. The mariners all 'gan work the ropes, Where they were wont to do. Coleridge.