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GUEST,Phil d'Conch	Maritime work song in general (714* d)	RE: Maritime work song in general	01 May 22
“BOSSEMAN, f. m. (Officier de l'équipage d'un navire.) A Boatfwain of a ship. COMMANDE, impérat. Holloa! The, anfwer given by the failors to the mafter, boatfwain, &c. when he calls to them to give them fome order. Voix, (chanteur, chanteufe.) Voice, finger. Voix, (en termes de mer.) The fong employed by failors, in hoifting, hauling, heaving, &c. Donner la voix. To fing out, as in hauling , hoifting, heaving, &c. A la voix! Mind the man that fings!” [Dictionnaire Royal François Anglois, 2nd ed., Boyer, 1780]

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