“O! interj., du navire! ship a-hoy! manner of hailing a ship at sea whose name is unknown; –– ! d'en haut! aloft there! ahoy! mast-head there! –– ! hisse! ––! hale! –– saille! –– ride! mode of singing out, as a signal to hoisr, haul, rowse together on a rope or tackle.
SING OUT, v.a. donner la voix.
SONG, s (used when heavinh, hposting, &c., voix, f; mind the –– ! à la voix!
UN, DEUX, TROIS! interj. exclamation, or song, used by French seamen when hauling bowlines; in like manner English salors call out, haul-in! haul-to! haul-belay!
VOIX, f. voice; vote; song used by sailors when heaving, hoisting or hauling; donner la ––, to sing out; porte ––, speaking trumper; à la portée de ––, within hail, call; vive ––, parole; à la ––, mind the song!”
[A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary, French-English, and English-French, Burn, 1854]