Wordie: Chock: Comments

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 month ago

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:23:26 +0000

Yarb: I don't think so. I looked for gripe in A Sea of Words and found this: "A vessel is said to gripe when she tends to come up into the wind when sailing close-hauled. Also, the lashing used to secure a boat in its place on the deck of a ship. The piece of timber terminating the keel at the forward extremity, also called the 'forefoot.'" (221)

I think these are three definitions disguised as one, but it seems like the second of these might fit your quotation.

Comment by yarb, 2 months ago

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:24:11 +0000

With great difficulty we got all the hides aboard and stowed under hatches, the yard and stay tackles hooked on, and the launch and pinnace hoisted, chocked, and griped.

- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 24

By "griped", does he mean gripped?

Comment by chained_bear, 8 months ago

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:05:58 +0000

"'You must always come up through the hole for the first seven times,' he said. 'To be sure, it looks lubberly, but seven times is the law. You will very soon get used to laying aloft, and after those holy seven times you will use the futtock-shrouds without thinking about it. Now let me show you the things in the top...' This he did from the top-maul to the fid, fid-plate, bolster, and chock."
--Patrick O'Brian, Blue at the Mizzen, 92

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:56:17 +0000

Not here--it's (late) lunchtime. :-)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:48:24 +0000

Okay, more coffee! It is still morning here.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:29:21 +0000

Only after my morning hit of caffeine.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:27:35 +0000

Ha, ha, ha. You are quick.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:17:36 +0000

Nah. Just put in a good word for me now & then. ;->

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:15:43 +0000

Okay--thanks. I owe you a bunch.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:09:51 +0000

Take it--community property here. :-)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:05:22 +0000

Good word...I wonder if I should just admire it a while before I steal it...chock full...how about chock-a-block.