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Matching Practice: Worksheet


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- musket - - doldrums - - palisade - - truce - - buccaneer - - nettled - - boarder - - boatswain - - inkling - - imprecation -




The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

A pirate.

a muzzle-loading gun with a long barrel

aroused to impatience or anger

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

someone who forces their way aboard ship

the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil

equatorial area with calms and unpredictable light winds

a state of peace agreed to between opponents