Add to ORKGthick aBefore anybody could lift a finger she had grounded by the stern on a large boulder which they had been unable to see because of "thick water". It's difficult to know exactly what the term means, unless it meant black or dirty or simply deep water.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citGMS Jan 76Used I and SupNot usedUsed
thick aIt might better have been put off for a day; for the night was thick and the wind swept fu...
ballast n"Sinks like a ballast rock" - refers to someone who can't swim.See cited quotation.JH 4/7...
burgoo nThick as burgoo. _Burgoo_ is a word we use for anything liquid which is rather thick.anyt...
thick aLong Point and Shoal Point, being scarcely perceptible in thick weather, or in an ordinaril...
deep(s) n, n pln Areas of deep water, esp. between 'grounds' or 'banks.'Areas of deep water.Used IUs...
thick aAn' I sot my course outside now,an _ thick,you know - thick,too, see,ol' man; 'twasn't,see,...
thick a'The fish is some thick today,' meaning the fish is plentiful today, is a common expression...
thick aOf sea-water, with a concentration of plankton in the upper layer, obscuring view of the de...
thick aHad they been known the weather / was so thick that they could not a been made out.PRINTED ...
thick asuch as _shivery hapse_ for the aspen, or in an expression like 'a _thick_ of fog.'GMS Sep...
thick aThey said she passed there. Well, if she did she was lost... - shoal ground, inside the sh...
thick awhen weather was so often 'thick-o'- fog', Apparentlya maritime word. I consulted this ...
steady n, a...steady (a common local term for still water). [Footnote at bottom of page.] 301......
sunker nA submerged rock, with water breaking over it.YesW. KIRWIN 8/64 OCT.26 1977R. Hollett.Used...
thick aSmall rain in general, with thick weather.Small rain in general, with thick weather.PRINTED I...
thick aIt might better have been put off for a day; for the night was thick and the wind swept fu...
ballast n"Sinks like a ballast rock" - refers to someone who can't swim.See cited quotation.JH 4/7...
burgoo nThick as burgoo. _Burgoo_ is a word we use for anything liquid which is rather thick.anyt...
thick aLong Point and Shoal Point, being scarcely perceptible in thick weather, or in an ordinaril...
deep(s) n, n pln Areas of deep water, esp. between 'grounds' or 'banks.'Areas of deep water.Used IUs...
thick aAn' I sot my course outside now,an _ thick,you know - thick,too, see,ol' man; 'twasn't,see,...
thick a'The fish is some thick today,' meaning the fish is plentiful today, is a common expression...
thick aOf sea-water, with a concentration of plankton in the upper layer, obscuring view of the de...
thick aHad they been known the weather / was so thick that they could not a been made out.PRINTED ...
thick asuch as _shivery hapse_ for the aspen, or in an expression like 'a _thick_ of fog.'GMS Sep...
thick aThey said she passed there. Well, if she did she was lost... - shoal ground, inside the sh...
thick awhen weather was so often 'thick-o'- fog', Apparentlya maritime word. I consulted this ...
steady n, a...steady (a common local term for still water). [Footnote at bottom of page.] 301......
sunker nA submerged rock, with water breaking over it.YesW. KIRWIN 8/64 OCT.26 1977R. Hollett.Used...
thick aSmall rain in general, with thick weather.Small rain in general, with thick weather.PRINTED I...
thick aIt might better have been put off for a day; for the night was thick and the wind swept fu...
ballast n"Sinks like a ballast rock" - refers to someone who can't swim.See cited quotation.JH 4/7...
burgoo nThick as burgoo. _Burgoo_ is a word we use for anything liquid which is rather thick.anyt...