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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 100 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOATSWAIN (pronounced " bo'See also:sun "; derived from " See also:boat " and " swain," a servant) , the See also:warrant officer of the See also:navy who in sailing-See also:ships had particular See also:charge of the boats, sails, See also:rigging, See also:colours, anchors and cordage. He superintended the rigging of the See also:ship in See also:dock, and it was his See also:duty to summon the See also:crew to See also:work by a See also:whistle. The See also:office still remains, though with functions modified by the introduction of See also:steam. In a See also:merchant ship the boatswain is the foreman of the crew and is sometimes also third or See also:fourth See also:mate.

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