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walty, a. Naut.|ˈwɒltɪ|
[f. walt a. + -y.]
= walt a.
Prob. Obs., the knowledge of the word being derived, through Longfellow, from quot. 1702.
1702C. Mather Magn. Christi i. vi. 25 A New Ship, built at Rhode-Island, of about 150 Tuns; but so walty, that the Master..often said she would prove their Grave. [1850Longfellow Birds of Passage, Phantom Ship iv, This ship is so crank and walty, I fear our grave she will be!] 1896Kipling Seven Seas, Merchantmen iv, By sport of bitter weather, We're walty, strained, and scarred. 1904F. T. Bullen Creat. Sea xxiv. 362 In spite of the walty state of the almost worn-out vessel. |