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boatswain (medicine)


boatswain


1. An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colours, anchors, cables, cordage, etc, of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs Other duties.

2. <zoology> The jager gull. The tropic bird. Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain.

Origin: Boat + swain.

Source: Websters Dictionary


taaffeite (iou)



taaffeite noun. M20.
[from E. C. R. Taaffe (1898-1967), Bohemian-born Irish gemmologist + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A rare mauve gemstone, similar to spinel, which is a beryllium magnesium aluminate with a hexagonal crystal structure.