Experienced deck department worker aboard a Merchant Ship of the United States. After working as an AB for awhile, one AB may be appointed Boatswain, or 'foreman' of the deck department.
Aside from the duties of an Ordinary Seaman, the AB may also be called on to steer the vessel as part of a bridge watch, and takes a more active role in loading/unloading the ship than the O.S.
Aside from the duties of an Ordinary Seaman, the AB may also be called on to steer the vessel as part of a bridge watch, and takes a more active role in loading/unloading the ship than the O.S.
by DeepSeaSailorGuy May 30, 2007
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1. Saying you will be somewhere within a specific frame of time while having no intention or ability to adhere to said length of time.
2. Saying something is a distance in time or length away, when in actuality it is quite further away than stated.
2. Saying something is a distance in time or length away, when in actuality it is quite further away than stated.
1. Fred said he'd be here in an hour but didn't actually show up for 2 1/2, he totally pulled a bodey!
2. It really better be only 15 miles away, I don't have time for a bodey!
2. It really better be only 15 miles away, I don't have time for a bodey!
by jtone September 13, 2012
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by wow damn rough October 13, 2019
Get the Boden mug.The superlative of the swiss-german word "leid".
Positive: leid
Comparative: leider
superlative: bodenleid
Used as an subjective adjective that describes something as very bad, not cool or just not the thing you like.
Other words that include in the meaning of bodenleid: ugly, bad, stupid,..etc.
Positive: leid
Comparative: leider
superlative: bodenleid
Used as an subjective adjective that describes something as very bad, not cool or just not the thing you like.
Other words that include in the meaning of bodenleid: ugly, bad, stupid,..etc.
I don't like you, you are bodenleid.
These new shoes you bought are leid, but the ones you had before were bodenleid.
These new shoes you bought are leid, but the ones you had before were bodenleid.
by flosieber September 2, 2020
Get the bodenleid mug.To have bodies on: A quality of a firearm which has been used to kill people. This weapon will, naturally, be a dangerous one to carry around in our era of advanced ballistics as possession of it can tie the owner to the murders committed.
If a gun has been used to commit two murders, it can be said to have two bodies on it.
If a gun has been used to commit two murders, it can be said to have two bodies on it.
by maks January 27, 2008
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