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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Old British boating or maritime/nautical phrases

Can you please help me dicipher these?

1) one ship passing behind another

2) another coming round from broadside to end on

3) launches rushing hither and tither
  

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Hi, Can you please help me dicipher these? 1) one ship passing behind another Sounds like this. You are looking at the side of a ship.

— Clive

  • Hi, Can you please help me dicipher these?
  • 1) one ship passing behind another Sounds like this.
  • You are looking at the side of a ship.
  • Another ship passes 'behind' (ie on the other side of) that ship.
  • 2) another coming round from broadside to end on You are looking at the side of a ship.
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Hi,

Can you please help me dicipher these?

1) one ship passing behind another

Sounds like this.

You are looking at the side of a ship.

Another ship passes 'behind' (ie on the other side of) that ship.



2) another coming round from broadside to end on

You are looking at the side of a ship.

That ship turns so that yo
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2) another coming round from broadside to end on
"coming round" suggests the vessel is turning toward the observer, "going round" would suggest the opposite.
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Anonymous3) launches rushing hither and tither
Launch noun third definition here
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/launch#british-1-1-3
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I'm here because I was also confused when reading "from broadside to end".

All the sentences, by the way, come from "The War of the Worlds", chapter 17.

Jordi C.

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