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The Truelove

O'Brian, Patrick
Jack find a stowaway that one of the midshipmen has smuggled aboard.

Words I Had To Look Up:

Jemmy Ducks (pg. 24) -- A nickname for the crewman assigned to care for the fowl on a ship.
monstrous pines (pg. 43) -- Norfolk Island trees, conifers, but not true pines. Captain Cook thought they would be good for masts, but they proved to not be strong enough.
Tace is the Latin for a candlestick (pg. 45) -- The correct word in Latin for a candle is candela; tace is the imperative tense of the usual verb for ‘be silent’
clean sweep (pg. 86) -- Removing wall and furniture in order to fire all the guns on a ship.
his immense deserts (pg. 109) -- I always forget this word also means a reward or punishment.
farinaceous (pg. 133) -- Having a mealy or powdery texture.
foeda est in coitu et brevis voluptas (pg. 165) -- There is a dirtiness in copulation, and [only] a quick pleasure.
sic erimus cuncti postquam nos auferet Orcus ergo vivamus dum licet esse, bene (pg. 200) -- Thus we will all be, after Orcus [god of the underworld] bears us off. Therefore let us live well, for so long as it is allowed.
give way (pg. 228) -- 'Way' is a ship's progress through the water.

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8/2012

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