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You may be tempted into an overnight stay by the colorful inns and folksong taverns run by retired seamen, who look as if they escaped the old schooner stranded at the southwest end of the island.
Kedgeree , a vegetable curry, popular with seamen, has, notwithstanding tarry appetites, not the remotest connection with matters nautical; kickback is shown by the OED2e to be a 20th-century coinage, and there is not evidence to suggest it ever had anything to do with maritime affairs; and kite , for which the OED2e includes a 7th-century quotation for the (original) bird sense, found a metaphoric application to sail not much before the middle of the 19th century.
Prince Henry — made governor of the Algarve in 1418 — had the money, influence, enthusiasm, and vision to lead and cajole the best astronomers, cartographers, boat-designers, and seamen of the day to expand Portugal’s maritime horizons.
carousing of seamen in icebound ships.
As you explore her decks, the captain will illustrate his course with charts of the time, the doctor will explain his rather primitive treatments, and the ordinary seamen will be happy to sing you a Dutch sea shanty.