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OP Dana is describing a particularly well kept ship:
"There was no foolish gilding and gingerbread work, to take the eye of landsmen and passengers, but everything was “ship-shape and Bristol fashion.” There was no rust, no dirt, no rigging hanging slack, no fag ends of ropes and “Irish pendants” aloft, and the yards were squared “to a t” by lifts and braces.
I could find no definition for "fag" in this context. Perhaps "frayed" ? My dictionary gives as sixth meaning for whip "to wind cord or thread around the end of a rope to keep it from fraying.(It has to be sewed through the rope at start and finish to keep it in place.)
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted fag end wwh 07/15/03 12:19 AM Re: fag end tsuwm 07/15/03 01:42 AM Re: fag end of troy 07/15/03 02:09 AM
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