Pirate Adventure [The Games]

An interjection used to hail a ship or a person, or to attract attention. Arr! An exclamation. Avast! A command meaning stop or desist, from the Italian "basta", meaning stop. aye (or ay) Yes; an affirmation. becalmed The state of a sailing vessel which cannot move due to a lack of wind. belay To secure or make fast (a rope, for example) by winding on a cleat or pin. To stop, most often used as a command. bilged on her anchor A ship holed or pierced by its own anchor. Related: Merriment & Misery Blimey! An exclamation of surprise, short for "God blind me!", which is very common to this day in Britain and sometimes shortened less