Blind alleys, courts, or bye-ways; perhaps from the houses built there being cribbed out of the common way or passage; and islands, from the similarity of sound to the Caribbee Islands.
A privy. Stink-hole bay or dilberry creek. The fundament. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Generally found on Spanish charts as Hormigas. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Those produced by coral animals; they are of various shapes, belted with coral, frequently with chan...