Isil, Olivia A.

When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay : seafaring words in everyday speech / Olivia A. Isil. - Camden, Me. : International Marine, 1996. - p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0070328773

96004236


English language--Terms and phrases.
Naval art and science--Terminology.
English language--Etymology.
Seafaring life--Terminology.
Sailors--Language.

PE1583 / .I85 1996

422/.0883875