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Buza
| Морской словарь |
A viking cargo ship, similar to a knorr but with higher gunwhales.
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By guess and by god, английский
This expression, which today means embarking on an enterprise without adequate preparation, was originally applied to navigation by dead (deduced) reckoning. this involved approximating the ship’s position by calculating the distance run on various headings, adjusting for estimated winds and currents, and modifying the result according to the navigator’s experience. in the final analysis, this was little more than guesswork, leaving it up to the supreme being to guide the ship safely.
Buy the farm, английский
This euphemism for being killed originated during world war i when the united states navy issued life insurance policies to enlisted seamen. at a time when the vast majority had rural origins, they saw the face value of these policies as enough to pay off the mortgage on their families’ acreage. buys-ballot’s law: rule-of-thumb which allows mariners to estimate the location and direction of a storm center. dutch meteorologist c.h.d. buys-ballot (1817–90) showed that this will lie about 90° to the right of an observer facing the wind in the northern hemisphere, or to the left in the southern. periodic observations will then indicate its relative movement, and on which side of its track the observer is located.
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