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The Sailor's Word-Book

To cast off fastenings, as


♦ To shake out a reef. To let out a reef, and enlarge the sail.

♦ To shake off a bonnet of a fore-and-aft sail.

♦ To shake a cask. To take it to pieces, and pack up the parts, then termed "shakes." Thus the term expressing little value, "No great shakes."

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