2.(Nautical Terms) an expression of compliance, esp used by seamen 3.Britan expression of amused surprise, esp at encountering something that confirms one's suspicions, expectations, etc n a.a person who votes in the affirmative b.an affirmative vote ...
(nautical) a word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back. Nay Introducing a statement, without direct negation. Aye An attention grabber Aye, come here! Aye, what do you have? Nay Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stro...
(nautical) a word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back. Eye The faculty of seeing; vision. Aye An attention grabber Aye, come here! Aye, what do you have? Eye The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments:has a good eye for...
As was noted in the post on aye, this English word has a Frisian congener sounding exactly as in English, but I expressed some doubt about the borrowing of it from Frisian. Also, I cited the opinion that aye could come to English from nautical usage, as suggested by the formula “Aye,...
elikkol goes so far as to suggest—perhaps not entirely persuasively, given a lack of documentary evidence about readers' response—that the popularity of nautical romances in the early nineteenth-century was largely due to their 'capacity to capture and elaborate the paradigms of liberal economic ...