Aloof, meaning distant physically or emotionally, was originally a nautical word. When a captain wanted to "keep the ship's head to the wind," therefore staying "clear of a lee-shore or some other ...

Sailors have a language of their own. There’s no place for left or right on board a ship (or boat) –it’s all about port and starboard, bow and stern. And a large number of nautical words and phrases ...

1. The front part of a ship is the bow, and the rear part is the -----. 2. Two-word term for the first trip of a vessel. 3. It's the opposite of starboard. 4. An island's windward side faces the ...

No fewer than 17,560 Dutch words have been incorporated into 138 languages around the globe, according to researchers at the Meertens Institute. The report is the result of an eight-year research ...