What is a whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty called?
call — (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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