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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dead men #24347 03/23/01 02:27 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA In maritime parlance "dead men" are loose ends of gaskets hanging from a yard; or "Irish pennants" which means a loose end hanging about the sails or rigging. What's your definition? wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted whence jury-rigging? garynamy 03/22/01 08:11 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? tsuwm 03/22/01 08:18 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Hyla 03/22/01 08:20 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? wwh 03/22/01 08:23 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? rodward 03/23/01 12:01 PM Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built wow 03/23/01 01:16 PM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built Jackie 03/23/01 01:31 PM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built wwh 03/23/01 01:44 PM Gerry inselpeter 03/23/01 01:50 PM ERP inselpeter 03/24/01 04:22 AM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built Capital Kiwi 03/24/01 07:46 AM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built inselpeter 03/24/01 03:47 PM Re: Jerry-Kraut Dirty Irish? BeingCJ 03/26/01 10:41 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Flatlander 03/23/01 02:16 PM Re: dead men wow 03/23/01 02:27 PM deadman Sparteye 03/23/01 02:31 PM Re: deadman maverick 03/23/01 02:46 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Bean 03/23/01 03:56 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? tsuwm 03/23/01 04:01 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? inselpeter 03/23/01 04:16 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Flatlander 03/23/01 05:45 PM Re: dead man wow 03/23/01 08:14 PM Deadman Hyla 03/26/01 11:02 PM 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 Topics13,915 Posts230,120 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,525 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,026 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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