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Thread #167430   Message #4162399
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
13-Jan-23 - 10:58 PM
Thread Name: Maritime work song in general
Subject: RE: Maritime work song in general
Celéustica, s.f. Mil. Arte de trosmitir las órdenes por medio de sonidos marcialmente músicus.
Celéusticamente, adv. De mod. Por medio de la celéustica.
Guiriote, s.m. Especie de tambor que úsan los negros.”
[Diccionario Nacional ó Gran Diccionario Clásico de la Lengua Española, Tom.I, Domínguez, 1846]


“...the ships's fiddler therefore mounted the capstan and scraped away, while the anchor was getting up, and in a little time we were again out to sea.”
[Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is, McMullen, 1846]