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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Apr-05 - 08:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nothin' but a Humbug
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nothin' but a Humbug
R. H. Dana's "Dictionary of Sea Terms," 1841-1851, or Darcy Lever, "Dictionary of Sea Terms," both on the net, courtesy Harvard.
Fife-rail- The rail going around a mast.
Taffrail or tafferel- The rail around a ship's stern.
Dana Sea Terms
Also Lever, "Dictionary of Sea Terms," 1863-1870.
Tafferel (taffarel, taffrail)- The uppermost part of a ship's stern.
Lever Sea Terms