Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Garbled
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By , on September 23rd, 2009 Leave a comment   Nautical Terms and Phrases   , , , ,  

From ye ol’ source… to be distorted or mixed up Garbling was the prohibited practice of mixing rubbish with the cargo.

Wednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Cranky
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By , on August 12th, 2009 Leave a comment   Nautical Terms and Phrases   , , , , ,  

To be irritable. “Dr. M. is cranky because it is before 10AM and he has not had coffee” From Brian Berlin…“Possibly from the Dutch krengd, a crank was an unstable sailing vessel. Due to a faulty design, the imbalance of her cargo, or a lack of ballast, a crank would heel too far to the . . . → Read More: Wednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Cranky

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