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    From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Sat Jul 30 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Chockablock
    Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

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    --- up 6 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms (1337:3/126)
  • From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Sun Jul 31 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Figurehead
    The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship. A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.

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    --- up 1 week, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms (1337:3/126)
  • From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Mon Aug 1 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Chowder
    From the French chaudiere, a kettle, a pot. A dish made of fresh fish or
    clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

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    --- up 1 week, 1 day, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms (1337:3/126)
  • From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Tue Aug 2 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Bosh
    Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

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    --- up 1 week, 2 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms | tg.nrbbs.net | 289-424-5180 (1337:3/126)
  • From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Wed Aug 3 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Boondoggle
    Work of little or no value done merely to look busy.

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    --- up 1 week, 3 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms | tg.nrbbs.net | 289-424-5180 (1337:3/126)
  • From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Thu Aug 4 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Keelhaul
    To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and
    English navies.

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    --- up 1 week, 4 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms | tg.nrbbs.net | 289-424-5180 (1337:3/126)
  • From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Fri Aug 5 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Doldrums
    A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness ennui,
    or tedium.

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    --- up 1 week, 5 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms | tg.nrbbs.net | 289-424-5180 (1337:3/126)
  • From Northern Realms@1337:3/126 to All on Sat Aug 6 07:30:02 2022
    Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Buccaneer
    The name was first given to the French settlers whose business was to hunt
    wild cattle and swine. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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    --- up 1 week, 6 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes
    * Origin: Northern Realms | tg.nrbbs.net | 289-424-5180 (1337:3/126)