Codex:B

Bailiff
Bailiff was a title of a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed. A man served as bailiff during Joshamee Gibbs' trial in the Old Bailey.

Bayonet
"Charge your bayonets!"

- East India Trading Company lieutenant

A blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close combat. Officers of the Royal Navy and the East India Trading Company employed bayonets.

Belay
"Belay that, or we'll be a sitting duck!" "Belay that 'belay that'!"

- Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow

To stop what you are doing, commonly given as an order to a ship's crew. Literally means to tie something down or make it fast. 

Before the mast
"One hundred years before the mast. Losing who you were, bit by bit. 'Til you end up, end up like poor Wyvern here."

- Bootstrap Bill Turner

Referring to a common sailor, derived from a sailor's position in the forecastle, forward of the foremast; also used to refer to an unlicensed sailor. 

Bilge

 * The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides;
 * To damage a ship's hull so as to create an entry for seawater.
 * Slang for nonsense or stupid talk.

Bilge rat
"You pirates are worse than bilge rats!"

- Unknown citizen of Port Royal to Chevalle

A pirate insult, with both words having derogatory connotations (bilge being the lowest portion of a ship's hull). 

Black gold
"Ivory, gold, black gold... Afrique is a rich hunting ground for the wolves of the sea."

- Christophe-Julien de Rapièr to Jack Sparrow

Another term for a black slave.

Blackguard
"Blackguard!"

- Hector Barbossa to Jack Sparrow

It could mean a scoundrel, an unprincipled contemptible person, or an untrustworthy person. Some people, like Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones, were called blackguards by their actions. It is sometimes alternatively spelled as "Blaggard".

Blacksmith
"Mister Turner, you are not a military man; you are not a sailor. You are a blacksmith."

- James Norrington to Will Turner

The profession of a person who creates objects from iron or steel by "forging" the metal (by using hand tools to hammer, bend, cut and otherwise shape it in its non-liquid form). Blacksmiths work in forges or smithys, such as John Brown's smithy, where William Turner worked as Mr. Brown's apprentice.

Board

 * The side of a ship;
 * One leg, or tack, of the course of a ship beating to windward;
 * The act of "boarding", or entering, a ship ("board"; "on board"; "aboard");
 * For a ship to come up alongside another, commonly to attack;
 * To "go by the board", to go over the ship's side

Bootlegger
"David Williams - Much Feared Bootlegger"

- David Williams' tombstone

Someone who makes or sells illegal liquor. 

Bow
The forward end of a vessel; opposite to aft or stern. 

Brig
"Send this pestilent, traitorous, cow-hearted, yeasty codpiece to the brig."

- Jack Sparrow on William Turner

A type of two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts; also used to refer to a place of confinement aboard a ship. Vessels such as the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman contained brigs. Pirates of the Caribbean Online allows you to purchase and customize your own brig.

Brothel
"What were you doing in a Spanish convent, anyway?!" "Mistook it for a brothel. Honest mistake."

- Angelica and Jack Sparrow

A brothel is an establishment dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sexual intercourse with clients.

Buccaneer
"You know, for having such a bleak outlook on pirates, you are well on your way to becoming one. Sprung a man from jail...commandeered a ship of the fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga...and you're completely obsessed with treasure."

- Jack Sparrow to William Turner

Another term for a Caribbean pirate, commonly any pirate and privateer who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century.