Treasure Island vocabulary

Finally, I always go to sea as a sailor, because of the wholesome exercise and pure air of the fore-castle deck. For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle. He thinks he breathes it first; but not so.

Herman Melville. Moby Dick

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The chief of naval operations saluted the quarterdeck as he got to the edge of the gangway,

Tom Clancy. The Hunt for Red October, p.384 (1984)