DCHP-3

davy-man

[< affidavit]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — N.S., Hist.

a prisoner taken from a captured vessel and made to swear an affidavit before Admiralty Court that the vessel taken was legitimate prey for privateers.

Quotations

1958
". . . Cap'n, pick a good davy-man for the love o' truth, or we'll all be condemned as liars by our own wives, let alone the Admiralty Court."