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Some slang

Ahoy - A pirate greeting, or a shout to attract an attention. Something like "Hello!" or "Yo!".

Arrr, Arrgh, Yarr, Gar - A common pirate terms, which are used in different situations.

Avast - An order to stop and pay attention.

Aye - "Yes"

Aye aye - Conformation, taking order from the captain.

Belay - Usually means to tie something down but pirates used it to prevent someone to do something.

Booty – The treasures and other values plundered from the victim ships.

Bucko - A friend.

Davy Jones's Locker - A graveyard for people killed or drowned at the sea.

Dead men tell no tales - Means that a dead man cannot reveal any secret or fact. It was the reason why the pirates didn't like to spare any survivors.

I'll Crush Ye Barnacles - A common pirate's treat.

Jolly Roger - The well-known pirate flags, usually represented with symbols of a skull and the crossbones. The most recognized symbol of the pirates.

Lad - A younger person.

Letters of Marquee - A document issued by a government, which allowed the privateers and the buccaneers to legally attack the ships and the colonies of an enemy nation.

Maroon - To leave prisoners on island or desert coast.

Matey - A companion, a close friend.

Prize - A ship captured by pirates.

Savvy - "Do you understand?"

Sea Rover - A pirate, a pirate ship.

Shiver me timbers - idiom for surprise, shock. Usually used when a ship is hit in combat.

Smartly - To do something quickly.

Sweet trade - Another term for the trade of piracy.

Walk the plank - When someone is forced to walk on a plank, with hands tied behind. Plank is extended over the side of a ship, and victim is usually forced to jump to water and drown. Shown today as main pirates' amusement, although only a few real pirates practiced that.

Weigh anchor - "let's go", "get ready to sail on".

Yo-ho-ho - Salutation, expression of delight.

Sources

http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/pirate-life/pirate-slang/