A practical joke performed on board ship in warm climates, in which the dupes are unmercifully ducked in the wash-deck tub:
"And he was wash'd, who ne'er was wash'd before."
·noun ·Alt. of <<Embassador>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning "one who goes on an errand," is rendered thus (Jo...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latit...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a person of high rank employed by a government to represent it and transact its business at the seat...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
A Shoemaker. (See Mrs. Clarke's Examination.) ...