gallipot a small pot or jar of glazed earthenware, especially one used by druggists as a container for medicine; Dr. Livesey uses this figuratively of the jolly-boat because of its small size.
gamekeeper a person employed to breed and care for game birds and animals on private estates, releasing them for hunts.
gaskin a legging or gaiter (a cloth or leather covering for the instep and ankle).
gig a long, light ship's boat.
gill a unit of liquid measure equal to ¼ pint or 4 fluid ounces.
good divinity sound religious doctrine.
grog diluted alcoholic liquor, especially rum.
guinea an English gold coin (last minted in 1813) equal to 21 shillings (a little over a pound).
gully a large knife.
halyards ropes for raising or lowering flags, sails, and so on.
hamlet a small village.
handspike a heavy bar used as a lever, as in turning a capstan.
hawser a large rope used for towing or mooring a ship.
hazing in nautical terminology, punishment or harassment, often by forcing to do unnecessary work.
head sea an ocean current moving in a direction opposite that of the ship's motion; sailing would be rough here.
his old negress Silver's wife, as Squire Trelawney reported early in the book, is a woman of color. Negress was in Stevenson's day an acceptable, polite term to designate a woman of African descent, whereas Trelawney's phrase, correct in the early twenty-first century, was condescending in earlier times.
his powder white as snow Fashionable upper- and middle-class men in the 1700s wore various styles of wig; these were often bleached white and treated regularly with white talc.
his tarry pigtail . . . Sailors of the period commonly treated their braided hair with the same tar they used to waterproof ropes and sails.
holus-bolus all at once; in one lump.
I have drawn blood enough A common medical practice was to draw blood from a patient; this was standard treatment for a variety of ailments and was supposed to be effective.
I leave it to fancy where your mothers was . . . I leave it to imagination . . .; Silver is insulting their mothers without actually saying anything specific.
I never seen a pack of fools look fishier . . . gaping and goggle-eyed (like fish) in surprise.
I'll gammon that doctor . . . In nautical terms, to gammon is to lash up, make secure; Silver is using this figuratively, meaning something like "I'll make sure that doctor is acting in our interests."
I'll have to strike I'll have to strike my colors or take down my flag; Hands means he will have to give up and acknowledge that Jim has won.
