A popular sea-game with cards, wherein the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief tightly twisted like a rope. Very popular with horny-fisted salts.
·- An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj To vouch for. II. Able ·superl Fit; adapted; suitable. III. Able ·adj To make able; to <<Enab...
A term not simply expressive of strong faculties, but as acquainted with and equal to perform the ex...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. ...
·adj Having much intellectual power. ...