[Ads-l] "Bone in her teeth"

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS "bone in her mouth" (1627: Captain John Smith).

 "...teeth," J. F. Cooper, 1827.

Cooper was at sea in the merchant marine and U.S. Navy from 1806 to 1809.

JL

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

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> Also 1823. A Universal Technical Dictionary... v. 1, p. not numbered=0A=
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> "To carry a bone," is said of a ship that makes the water foam before her.
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> At the maritime nonprofit where I help out, this phrase, referring to boat=
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