Pirate Training 101.4

If ye can't trust a pirate, ye damn well can't trust a merchant either. Since yer here and we can't get rid of you through traditional means; ye might want be learn'in the local language or be run through; As the Cap'n expects a certain understanding before dealing with the likes of you and Jack Ketch ain't got time for you.

• No Prey, No Pay    
  • The ship’s crew received no wages; however they got a part of the loot or treasure
• Old Salt    
  • Experienced pirate or sailor
• Pieces of eight    
  • Spanish coins in pirate treasures
• Pillage    
  • Rob, ransack or plunder
• Piracy    
  • Robbery performed at sea, often to another ship
• Plunder    
  • Take booty or burglarize
• Poop deck    
  • (Not the toilet!) This is a part of the ship above the Captain’s headquarters at the farthest point back
• Privateer    
  • Government-appointed pirates
• Red Ensign    
  • British Flag
• Rum    
  • Pirate's favorite alcoholic beverage
• Run a Rig    
  • Play a joke or a trick on someone
• Run a Shot Across the Bow    
  • Warning shot given to another boat's Captain
• Sail, Ho!    
  • A warning that another ship is in view
• Savvy?    
  • A question asking, “Do you get it?” or “Do you understand?”
• Scallywag    
  • A kidding type of word that a superior pirate might call one of the rookie pirates
• Scourge of the 7 Seas    
  • Pirate known as the worst kind
• Scurvy Dog    
  • The pirate is calling you an insulting name
• Scuttle    
  • Sink a ship
• Seadog    
  • A veteran sailor or old pirate
• Sea Legs    
  • When a sailor adjusts his balance from riding on a boat for a long time
• Shark Bait    
  • This is what you become after you walk the plank
• Shipshape    
  • The ship is managed and clean, everything is under control
• Shiver Me Timbers!    
  • Something like, "Holy Cow!" a surprised or shocked expression
• Sink Me!    
  • Another expression of surprise
• Son of a Biscuit Eater    
  • A name or insult for someone you dislike
• Splice the Mainbrace!    
  • Pass a round of drinks out to the crew
• Spyglass    
  • Telescope
• Squiffy    
  • Tipsy or intoxicated, shaky footing
• Strike Colors    
  • Lower a ship’s flag to indicate surrender
• Swab    
  • Mop or clean the ship’s deck and floorboards
• Take a Caulk    
  • Take a nap
• Tar    
  • Sailor, crew member
• Thar She Blows!    
  • Whale sighting
• Three Sheets to the Wind    
  • Very drunk, intoxicated
• Walk the Plank    
  • Prisoner is ordered to walk off the board overlapping the ocean, which results in drowning and presumably a meet-up with Davy Jones Locker.
• Weigh Anchor and Hoist the Mizzen!    
  • An order to the crew to pull up the anchor and get this ship sailing!
• Wench    
  • A woman or peasant girl
• Ye    
  • You
• Yellow Jack    
  • When a ship flies a yellow flag, it indicates the presence of an ill crew member, such as yellow fever. But this was also a trick that smart pirates used to avoid becoming the target of another ship.
• Yo Ho Ho!
  • A cheery expression to get someone’s attention.