davy jones's locker

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• david jones's locker

  The sea. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Locker

  ·noun One who, or that which, locks. II. Locker ·noun A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, ·e...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• davy

  I'll take my davy of it; vulgar abbreviation of affidavit. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• locker

  Divisions in cabins and store-rooms. ♦ Boatswain's locker. A chest in small craft wherein material...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Davy Jones

  ·- The spirit of the sea; sea devil; — a term used by sailors. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Davy lamp

  ·- ·see Safety lamp, under <<Lamp>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• davy jones

  The spirit of the sea; a nikker; a sea-devil. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• shot-locker

  A compartment built up in the hold to contain the shot. ...

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• Davy, Sir Humphrey

  (1778-1829) Chemist and man of letters, s. of a wood-carver, was b. at Penzance. He early showed an...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Locker-Lampson, Frederick

  (1821-1895) Poet, s. of the sec. of Greenwich Hospital, held appointments in Somerset House and the...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin