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D . In the _Complete Book_, D means dead or deserted; Dsq., discharged from the service, or into another ship.
D . .Q. Means, in the complete book, discharged to sick quarters.
DAB . The sea-flounder. An old general term for a pleuronect or flat fish of any kind, but usually appropriated to the _Platessa limanda_. The word is familiarly applied to one who is expert in anything.
DAB-CHICK . The little grebe, _Podiceps minor_. A small diving bird common in lakes and rivers.
DABBERLACK . A kind of long sea-weed on our northern coasts.
DACOITS . _See_ DEKOYTS.
DADDICK . A west-country term for rotten-wood, touch-wood, &c.
DAGEN . A peculiar dirk or poignard.
DAGGAR . An old term for a dog-fish.
DAGGER-KNEE . A substitute for the hanging-knee, applied to the under side of the lodging-knee; it is placed out of the perpendicular to avoid a port-hole. Anything placed aslant or obliquely, now generally termed diagonal, of which, indeed, it is a corruption.
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