Rope-yarns hanging about on the rigging. Loose reef-points or gaskets flying about, or fag-ends of ropes.
·noun ·sg & ·pl An old game resembling backgammon. II. Irish ·adj Of or pertaining to Ireland or to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such...
Out of Glasshouse Yard, Goodman's Yard, Minories (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the maps....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Potatoes. It is a common joke against the Irish vessels, to say they are loaded with fruit and timbe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A woman with two black eyes. ...
A false witness. ...
Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispens...
Thieves who carry about pins, laces, and other pedlars wares, and under the pretence of offering the...
Old salt beef: hence the sailor's address to his salt beef "Salt horse, salt horse, what brought y...
The Sailor's Word-Book