debarked unloaded or departed from a ship.
brutish of or like a brute; savage, gross, stupid, sensual, irrational, etc.
entreaties earnest requests; supplications; prayers.
bestriding [Archaic] striding over or across.
adjutant an assistant.
lament to feel deep sorrow or express it as by weeping or wailing; mourn; grieve.
rowans the European mountain ash, a tree with pinnately compound leaves, white flowers, and red berries.
blazon showy display.
shrouding a cloth sometimes used to wrap a corpse for burial; winding sheet.
bullocks young bulls.
viscera the internal organs of the body, esp. of the thorax and abdomen, as the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, intestines, etc.; specif., in popular usage, the intestines.
gall rude boldness; impudence; audacity.
hoar having white or gray hair because of age.
thwarts rowers's seats extending across a boat.
bilge the rounded, lower exterior part of a ship's hull.
coracle a short, roundish boat made as of animal skins or canvas waterproofed and stretched over a wicker or wooden frame.
gullets throats or necks.
quailed drew back in fear; lost heart or courage; cowered.
malefactors evildoers or criminals.
jape to jest or to play tricks.
benefactions acts of doing good or helping others.
scourges means of inflicting severe punishment, suffering, or vengeance.
