a substantial, balanced, and satisfying meal like biscuits n’ gravy or turkey n’ stuffin’, rib sticking food like mama only makes. From Brian Berlin In…
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Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: By Guess & By God
An inspired guess From Brian Berlin… An early form of navigation, relying upon experience, intuition and faith.
View More Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: By Guess & By GodWednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: Black Book
As a consequence of your actions you offend someone and thus are “listed in their black book.” From Brian Berlin… From the 1300’s – a…
View More Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: Black BookNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Under the Weather
From here… If a crewman is standing watch on the weather side of the bow, he will be subject to the constant beating of the…
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to finish no matter what obstacles or cost 1867 Smyth Sailor’s Word-bk. pg. 103 A ship is ‘brought up to a bitter’ when the cable…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: To The Bitter EndNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: On your beam ends
A little late and again from the spectacular website of Gary Martin. Definition: Hard-up – in a bad situation. Origin: The beams are the horizontal…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: On your beam endsNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Three Sheets to the Wind
From the spectacular website of Gary Martin. Meaning: Very drunk. [First] sheets aren’t sails, as landlubbers might expect, but ropes (or occasionally, chains). These are…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Three Sheets to the WindNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Let The Cat Out of the Bag
In the Royal Navy the punishment prescribed for most serious crimes was flogging. This was administered by the Bosun’s Mate using a whip called a…
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Again from Gary’s website, Phrase Finder An oath, expressing annoyance or surprise. Robert Louis Stevenson used shiver my timbers several times in the original 1883…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Shiver Me TimbersNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Chock-A-Block
Items packed so tightly together as to prevent movement. A chock is typically a wooden wedge used to secure moving objects on deck and in…
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