When a whale flukes, dives, or takes tail up to "running," and the boats have no chance in chasing.
·vt Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor. II. Lost ·vt Parted with...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
I. The state of being foundered or cast away; said of a ship when she has either sunk, or been bea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The day which is lost in circumnavigating the globe to the westward, by making each day a little mor...
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When the buoy is streamed, and all is ready for dropping the anchor. ...