A name given to forty line-of-battle ships ordered by the Admiralty at one fell swoop, to be built by contract, towards the end of the Napoleon war, and which turned out badly. The writer served in one, the Rodney 74, which fully exposed her weakness in the first gale she experienced, and was sent home, thereby weakening the blockading fleet. Many never went to sea as ships of the line, but were converted into good frigates.
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
n. name for a bird,a Pardalote (q.v.). Pardalote itself meansspotted «like the pard.» See also Diam...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris