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chained_bear commented on the word bagpipe the mizen
"To Bagpipe the mizen, is to lay it aback, by bringing the sheet to the mizen shrouds."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 29
See also baffding (the above text appears under that entry).
October 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bagpipe the mizen
Almost as good as gluppit the prawling strangles. :-)
October 14, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bagpipe the mizen
I know! Only this one's real!
October 14, 2008