keelhaul

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“
Come aft hyar at once when I hail, or by thunder I'll keelhaul ye, ez safe ez my name's Ephraim O Snaggs! "

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  1. transitive verb Nautical To discipline by dragging under the keel of a ship.
  2. transitive verb To rebuke harshly.

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  • There be some pirate words that landlubbers don't understand, Matey-words like "jib" an '"keelhaul" an'
  • Facebook is trying to keelhaul links to Pirate Bay torrents on its website, just one week after the popular file-sharing repository made it easier for users to share them on their Facebook profiles. —  The Register
  • Listen well or I'll keelhaul ye; today be the day we land lubbers pretend we be scurvy dogs, sailing the briny seas in search of booty and plunder. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Save this digit t 'yer hotlist an' use liberally. (dadanation) count zero introduces us t 'an enchantin' laddy newborn t 'these seas and who could be a mighty swashbuckler our semipolitical system t'day and in t' future in resc be helpin 'our wee buccanners learn and wants to keelhaul NCLB in —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • How many shoes drop before we keelhaul Frank and Dodd? posted on 10/08/2009 2: 37: 58 PM PDT —  Latest Articles
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Alteration (influenced by keel1 and haul) of Dutch kielhalen : kiel, keel of a ship (from Middle Dutch) + halen, to haul (from Middle Dutch); see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also keelhale(=D. Low German kielhalen = German kielholen = Danish kjölhale = Swedish kölhala); from keel + haul, hale. The English word is prob. adapted from the D.
 

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