captain n Cp SMYTH 162 captain of the head 'man appointed to keep ship's head clean.' Cook on a fishing boat.
   1861 DE BOILIEU 25-6 The cargo unloaded and stored, the crews are divided in parties of three or four men, each being titled according to the position he holds in the boat. For instance, 'skipper,' 'second hand, "midshipman': last comes the 'captain,'who has the least to do—merely, indeed, to cook for the rest and to keep the boat clean. 1866 WILSON 207 The foreshipman is sometimes called captain; but the captain of a fishing-boat is the cook. [He] is frequently a youngster.

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