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captain 1. The person lawfully in command of a vessel. "Captain" is an informal title of respect given to the commander of a naval vessel regardless of his or her formal rank; aboard a merchant ship, the ship's captain is called her master. 2. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore. 3.
Captain Hook appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character along with Mr. Smee in Adventureland. He also appears as a figure during the dark ride Peter Pan's Flight. In Fantasmic! at Disneyland, there is a scene in which we see Captain Hook and Peter Pan duelling aboard the Jolly Roger (portrayed by the Sailing Ship ...
pelican hook. Also called a slip-hook or Davey hook. A hook with a hinge in the curve of the hook, normally held closed by a metal ring that keeps the two hinged parts together. Can be instantly released by knocking the ring along the hook so that it frees one of the hinged parts which swings open and releases whatever the hook is holding.
Captain Hook (Once Upon a Time) (also known as Killian Jones), a character from the ABC television series Once Upon a TimeCaptain Hook's Pirate Adventures, a locally produced pirate-themed Christian children's TV show that aired on WHMB-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1972 until 1993
Edward Kipling as Smee in the 1924 film Peter Pan.. Mr. Smee seems an oddly genial man for a pirate; Barrie describes him as "Irish", the only Nonconformist among Captain Hook's crew, and "a man who stabbed without offence" – and is portrayed in the multiple pantomimes or movies of Peter Pan as a rather stupid but entertaining man.
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Bird, Ball & Fish Hook – derogatory term for the Eagle, Globe and Anchor of the Marine Corps Emblem. Binnacle List – sick list: those excused from duty for health reasons; traditionally posted on or near the binnacle. Blanket Party – Group assault: victim's head is covered by a blanket so the perpetrators cannot be identified.
Jolly Roger, a pirate ship of Captain Hook from James M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Lightning in Joseph Conrad's The Rescue and the brig "Bonito" in Conrad's "Freya of the Seven Isles". Molly Swash, in James Fenimore Cooper's book Jack Tier. Morrigan in the game Assassin's Creed Rogue, which was a brig-sloop.