The moon used to be called the "parish lantern" once. But, on the knotting tack, I've once heard the cut splice - an eye in the middle of a rope - called, pardon my French, the c*nt splice. Was this willful misspelling, or is it the corrcet unbowdlerised name? I know there's something called the c*ntline in Dana's glossary.

Steve

Oh, if you've been following the Doctor's Lament thread, don't think I've got this on the brain!