sea-tutor

Updated: June 27, 2025

How I swayed and swung the hearty hand of Jack Chase, and nipped it to mine with a Carrick bend; yea, and kissed that noble hand of my liege lord and captain of my top, my sea-tutor and sire? Shall I tell how the grand Commodore and Captain drove off from the pier-head?

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War