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dolphin-striker

noun

Etymology

From dolphin + striker.

  1. derived from *streyg-✻ — “to stroke, rub, press”
  2. inherited from *strīkaną✻
  3. inherited from *strīkan✻
  4. inherited from strīcan
  5. inherited from stryken
  6. suffixed as striker — “strike + -er”
  7. compounded as dolphin-striker — “dolphin + striker”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of dolphin striker.

    • The martingale, when single, is secured round the boom end, clenched, spliced, or with a running eye, rove through a sheave in the dolphin-striker, and in on the forecastle, on the opposite side to the royal stay.
    • The dolphin-striker was triced up, the boats were taken on board, and the old sounds of conning the helın began again.
    • Before the Admiral brought up, he was in our hawse, with our dolphin-striker thumping on his poop --- our cable out to the clinch.

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