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Three sheets to the wind
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On a three-masted ship, having the sheets of the three lower courses loose will result in the ship meandering aimlessly downwind. also, a sailor who has drunk strong spirits beyond his capacity.
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Meandering, английский
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Ship`s husband, английский
Once widely used term, now obsolete, for the man at a dockyard in charge of repairs to a ship. the term derived from the notion that the ship was a "lady" who needed to visit her "husband" when in need of repairs.
In ballast (or "in ballast condition"), английский
Of a vessel: having only ballast (q.v.) – and no cargo – as a load.
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