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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