Dana was an American who went sailing about seventy years before
Dum. Many of the terms in this glossary are common to British
useage, but not all British terms are in Dana. Dana was also the
author of
‘Two Years Before the Mast’
- a ‘must read’ classic if you are remotely
interested.
[Dum's copy: Thomas Groom & Co., Boston 1851. 6
th
Edition, Revised and Corrected]