wain-ropes wagon-ropes; the ties by which a wagon is secured and drawn; Jim is saying he couldn't be dragged by oxen to another such voyage.
water-breaker a small water keg.
we'll fight the ship . . . we'll fight from the ship, using its weaponry.
we've split upon Jim Hawkins Silver is opposing Tom Morgan's argument that Jim should be killed.
What fool's cut a Bible? To cut or tear a page out of a Bible is apparently considered very bad luck.
yard-arm either side of a yard, a slender rod fastened at right angles across a mast to support a sail.
yaw to swing back and forth across its course, as a ship pushed by waves.
Yellow Jack yellow fever, an acute, infectious tropical disease caused by a virus and spread by mosquitoes.
you ain't dumb you are not silent; you can speak.
you want to play booty . . . Booty is used in the sense of any gain, prize, or gift; the man apparently accuses Silver of acting for his own gain rather than the common good of his crew.
You're on a lee shore A lee shore is a sheltered shore, out of the wind; thus Smollett means that Silver and his pirates are in a bad position with no good way out.
younker a youngster.
your sauce your impertinence, impudence.
