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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Casting off cables (not yarn) #137557 01/21/05 05:58 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... The phrase 'casting off cables' appears often in the Odyssey translation I'm reading. What exactly does this mean nautically? I don't know anything about sailing and obviously not about sailing eight centuries B. C. The men cast off cables when they're ready to go off to sea, if that context is helpful at all. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Casting off cables (not yarn) Wordwind 01/21/05 05:58 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) tsuwm 01/21/05 06:30 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Wordwind 01/21/05 06:32 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) plutarch 01/22/05 04:58 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) themilum 01/22/05 07:17 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Wordwind 01/22/05 07:27 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) plutarch 01/22/05 09:00 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) TEd Remington 01/22/05 11:09 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) tsuwm 01/22/05 11:18 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Wordwind 01/22/05 11:47 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) AniamL 01/22/05 11:57 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Buffalo Shrdlu 01/22/05 11:58 PM Re: "Cables and bitts! Cables and bitts!" Jackie 01/23/05 12:35 AM Re: "Cables and bitts! Cables and bitts!" of troy 01/23/05 05:02 AM For my twisted sister Father Steve 01/23/05 05:16 AM cables and bitts TEd Remington 01/23/05 11:36 AM Re: cables and bitts Wordwind 01/23/05 12:00 PM Re: cables and bitts Buffalo Shrdlu 01/23/05 12:02 PM Re: cables and bitts TEd Remington 01/23/05 12:25 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Bingley 01/24/05 04:30 AM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) of troy 01/24/05 01:21 PM Re: hemp Wordwind 01/24/05 01:53 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Jackie 01/24/05 02:17 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Wordwind 01/24/05 02:49 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) of troy 01/24/05 03:17 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Bingley 01/25/05 04:48 AM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Wordwind 01/25/05 11:36 AM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Bingley 01/26/05 04:49 AM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Bingley 01/25/05 04:32 AM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) TEd Remington 01/25/05 06:15 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) of troy 01/25/05 06:32 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) Wordwind 01/23/05 02:17 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) plutarch 01/23/05 02:38 PM Re: Casting off cables (not yarn) of troy 01/23/05 05:22 PM Re: Casting off cables (yarn) tsuwm 01/23/05 06:09 PM Re: Casting off cables (yarn) Wordwind 01/23/05 06:20 PM Re: Casting off cables (yarn) Wordwind 01/23/05 06:20 PM Re: Casting off cables (yarn) tsuwm 01/23/05 08:04 PM Re: Casting off cables (yarn) tsuwm 01/23/05 08:05 PM Re: Casting off cables (yarn) Jackie 01/24/05 01:41 AM Yarn or not? of troy 01/24/05 03:16 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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