Chapter I

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From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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feeling or showing anger

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

plural of “apricot” — Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

plural of “bath” — a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

for the reason that

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

the sacred writings of the Christian religions

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

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brought into existence

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

a visual display of information

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

a timepiece that shows the time of day

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

possessive form of “cook” — someone who cooks food

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

a baby bed with sides and rockers

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

-ing form of “curse” — utter obscenities or profanities

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

an artistic form of nonverbal communication

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

not still wet

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

the act of consuming liquids

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

inspired with confidence

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

at any time

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

changed for (replaced by) something different

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

borne up by or suspended in a liquid

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

a young female

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

United States circus clown (1898-1979)

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the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

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plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

gain knowledge or skills

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

a woman of refinement

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

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come together

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991)

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plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

plural of “mystery” — something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

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-ing form of “navigate” — travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

not any; not one

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

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a distinctive odor that is pleasant

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

-ing form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

cause to move by pulling

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the extended spatial location of something

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

an easy victory

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

Identical; not different.

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

activities associated with sexual intercourse

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

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From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

transport commercially

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

plural of “shoal” — a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

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expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

From this reading TO Edward L. Bernays AND Hiram Kelly Motherwell who encouraged me to write this book PAGE “_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1 _In which an alarm clock and some dried apricots are exchanged with natives for a nurse for me.

make high-pitched, whiney noises

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

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From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

plural of “stitch” — a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

take away possessions from someone

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

carry out

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading An’ she knows all that we sailormen know—all the good—’cause no one of us ever let her hear nothin’ else.”

plural of “virgin” — a person who has never had sex

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

at the time that

From this reading She’s a girl flower, she is, with the tropic heavens fer a hothouse, and the scoldin’ of the storm fer her when she’s bad.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

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a Caucasian

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

which person or people

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air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

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in the company of; together with

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plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.

produce a literary work

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the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Hoping you may do the same_ 87 _A bucko Captain and his Bible chart for me the mysteries of sex_ 95 “_The Sea gives up its dead_” 103 _A cursing contest and a hangman’s noose_ 119 _Ideas about Women_ 133 _I find navigating on shore full of shoals_ 147 _From the region of floating mountains of ice to the Island of White Natives_ 161 _The clouds came down and the sea reached up to meet them and out of their travail a sea monster was born!_ 179 _Strip poker and female struck—which of course have nothing to do with each other_ 191 _A shanghaied crew and scurvy are poor bunkmates in a White Squall_ 203 _The Dance of the Virgins on Atafu_ 215 _A Love Story—which is an end and not a beginning_ 235 “_You pull for the shore, boys, Praying to Heaven above, But I’ll go down in the angry deep, With the ship I love._” 247 THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP “I spit a curve in the wind” “She ain’t any water rat, ma’am!

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading The ship becomes my cradle_ 15 “_A ship is called a ‘she’ because her riggin’ costs more than her hull._”—_Stitches_ 23 _In which I learn that young ladies must not take baths in gentlemen’s drinking water_ 33 _Perfume on the cook’s feet and hair on my chest.—What of it?_ 47 _A dead fish and a squarehead’s kiss_ 55 _A runaway sea horse_ 65 _We catch a female shark and I learn about women from her_— 77 _In which I learn to take a joke.