Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 557
sailor quite so much asa landsmans clumsy attempts to tie a knot.Every one can tie a knot of some sort. But anyone who thinks he or she knows how to tie aknot properly, and does nt do it as a sailor doesit, has a lot to learn about the art of knot-tying. Passing over in dignified silence the… … I. THE SLIP-KNOT THAT SLIPS WHEN IT SHOULD N T. He says landsmen only know how to tiegranny knots. The point is well taken. Alandsman can tie what is called by him a slip-knot. A sailor will tell you the landsmans slip-knot is rightly named. It is a knot that slips; thatis, one that slips when it…
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