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#96297 02/20/03 02:02 AM
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Dear WW: I remember at age 10 reading Norse mythology - about the ship make of
dead men's nails. Had a hard time picturing it being watertight.


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I have found several sites defining it werely as the study of food, but nowhere any clues as
to the "bromato- root. When I tried "broma" in the online Greek dictionary, up came
definition : "niff, trollop." Trollop is a common word. Never heard "niff" before. Must look that up.


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Careening is the process of beaching a ship or boat and allowing it to tip over to one side. Certainly what one does after this may include the removal of barnacles and this removal may have even been the primary reason for careening. This does not mean that careening means the removal of barnacles.


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And I never wrote that careening meant cleaning barnacles--just that one source indicated that careening was doneso that barnacles could be cleaned off. But I checked a second source that indicated careening was done both for cleaning barnacles and making ship repairs.


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careen
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5Fr carener, careen < OFr car\ne, carine < OIt carena < L carina, keel of a ship, orig., nutshell: see HARD6
1 to cause (a ship) to lean or lie on one side, as on a beach, for cleaning, repairs, etc.
2 to caulk, clean, or repair (a ship in this position)
3 to cause to lean sideways; tip; tilt
vi.
1 to lean sideways, as a sailing ship before a high wind
2 to lurch from side to side, esp. while moving rapidly
n.
the act or position of careening

Notice that "carina" is breastbone (mostly cartilage) of a bird. I'll bet that this preceded
the making of keels for boats.


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