The New England Pirate Museum

Pirate Vocabulary 2

PIRATE VOCABULARY: Below is a list of words that have more than one meaning. Use your dictionary to find the meaning that would have been familiar to pirates of the eighteenth century. Next, find a second meaning that is more common today. Write both meanings next to the word. Then write a sentence that demonstrates the way that a pirate would use the word.

    maroon -

    draft -

    magazine -

    plank -

    rig -

    stores -

    vessel -

    watch -

    yards -

    tackle -

    prize -

    junk -

    booty -

    hold -

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