Lengthwise, in opposition to “athwart-ships” (or across the line of the keel). (Dana: Seaman's Manual, p. 96.) “A slight spar-deck fore-and-aft.” —Sir W. Raleigh. Source: Dictionary of…
(3 syl.) or Hermaphrodite Brig. A two-masted vessel with a brig's foremast and a schooner's mainmast. (Dana's Seaman's Manual.) A pirate vessel. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…
(St.). Patron saint of tanners, being himself a tanner. His symbol is a pot, because November the 23rd, St. Clement's Day, is the day on which the early Danes used to go about begging for…
The ladder leading from the poop to the main deck. The “companion way” is the staircase to the cabin. (Dana: Seaman's Manual.) The staircase from the deck to the cabin. Source:…
Caverns in the chalk beds of Little Thurrock, Essex; so called from the tradition that King Cunobelin hid in them his gold. They are sometimes called Dane-holes, because they were used as…
A Dane. Denmark used to be called Danskë. Hence Polonius says to Reynaldo, “Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris.” (Hamlet, ii. l.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
in nautical phrase, is a block of wood with three holes through it, for the lanyards of rigging to reeve through, without sheaves, and with a groove round it for an iron strap. (Dana:…
(A), in ship architecture, one of the bends amidship. (Dana.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dead FreightDead-eye A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…
of Mayence. The hero of a French romance of chivalry, and the father of Ogier the Dane. Doolin's Sword. Merveilleuse (wonderful). (See Sword.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…
Son of Witikind, the Dane. “He was rocked on a buckler, and fed from a blade.” He became a Christian, like his father, and married Eivir, a Danish maid, who had been his page. (Sir W.…
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