The St. Mary banner., 1906-06-30
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%onr country is rich in VA s'''''
,,du ses thousands of those who Vt 'sa "a 'ea,
never dream of their o,;,, w use thee
1,njted 1,'T's.1 s,a,ot cIeIand Davis ., s.,
house the other evening '4u so.. Hosaas
the the Portland p oresonian. @scvvo,diast Eco,
PIE, If | say to YOU. How ss sof esaa
bans ban yGn '1',,a reply, First rate. ''y yon ''
maps in sorl ll''le know that you are you Up p
IN perpetuating the remamss a.e adj.
Tbe The ola narr line of battleship, first sa's e.,
me navy You know, in the I,s' ns". fa's
had SIX rates or classes ~ ~ past dsa
| ans Sea proverbs are also met ,ss's,' s,,a
oaliS use. For instance, TN .Tho viii
TO- TO- pay. One never thinks xsy aav , a'rl
o,., or pay should be mentiopsd 'sTf "
saving originates in the usa mn'l II:
,rna 9alhing the seams of shins s,eiI ~: y
inc outside seam, called by p' ..s aeei
.ne waterway Seam, obtained ,m4E ,a,oa
.alhers "a 1 the term Of the 'sos aaas'
through the difficulty Of cal,,. ar os'e
TO pay is to run hot pitch l'as s,ous II
calked seams. 'ous tas
We say of man who :.
wrong He is on the wrons gong sse
sometimes in error using tba ~ ss
,racN' , "A vessel on the wrong taa ,,s'
may drive ashore, or if j, aa
storm. '' VI ls
suppose again, that spin ",
yarn. | may tell you of the n,, ,Oa'
fellow who is among the hrass t
Oh the villain sailing under falss y,
ors' the heroine showing .sjrnsI.
distress the hero striving hr.,.'
against wind and tide, YET trrs %
MS love as the needle of the n,,
presently the two are waited br
lavorlns gale safely into mort
Again in politics, the 'shi,
state sails on, leader is :, ~
helm and occasionally some hjs, :
fetal is thrown overheard bv W.
party.
"Colloquially, We growl at an i,,.
rupter for Showing in his oar
speak OF two scoundrels as 1s,,a
with the same BRUSH We advise ~,
friend to go with the current a.,
we speak of him to others as fair AMI |
above board Jack is a bit r,t,v
and sometimes half seas over and
if he does not reform he will s,,
himself high and dry and laid nv
for good.
Such terms as in good trim
snug berth, to carry on at cloa
quarters, to fit out and so on a.
familiar to all-except their origin
can give you the derivations 0, At
least two of them.
ITO carry on for example Is n
keep sail set longer than carstJ
sailor would do; in other words
recklessness. The modern meaniD,
of close quarters is pretty well u.
derstood; the derivation, though, i
probably little known. Close Qua,
ters' were strong wooden baras
stretched across the deck and Nsa
for retreat and shelter when the shb
was boarded. The old slave shis
were fitted in that way in case Of The
slaves getting loose. In the old naTa
wars the term means two ships in az
tion, with their sides touching, q
was often the case
THE sailor, on the other hand, ha
borrowed extensively from the lands
men. In the navy the ship has bon
nets and stays earrings and jeva
olocks,' braces and Sheets Tho
sailor dresses her to receive con-
pany, and often puts her about You
will be asking me where am bound
and putting me on the black list o.
telling me to clear out or that an
gong 'adrift.' Then again, you ra!
fall foul of me and be oyerwhelma
Overwhelmed, though, is true A
word, being derived from the old Sa
on wynn or wave"