To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel’s bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer. Wear, Verb. T....
The very word has drifted into the English language meaning “inertia, apathy, listlessness, malaise, boredom, tedium or ennui”. The sheer hard work – and the sailor’s rare luxury of washing himself and his smalls in unlimited fresh water during rain showers in the doldrums – is ...
Banyan tree (Ficus indica) that puts out aerial roots and has religious significance in folk religion; in Hindi, bargad. [more] Bapuji Fatherly figure. A title affectionately given to Mahatma Gandhi. Baron Chelmford Governor General of British India from 1916; remembered for the Montego-Chel...
jam in a flashback sequence wherever, and if it happens to introduce an unknown — and cheap! — young actor who might set up a spin-off “Young Jack Sparrow” series, so much the better. You can practically see the boxes being checked off as we go. One might hope that after helm...