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seaworthy, a.|ˈsiːˌwɜːðɪ|
[f. sea n. + worthy a.]
Of a ship: In a fit condition to undergo a voyage, and to encounter stormy weather.
1807Ellenborough in J. Campbell Cases Nisi Prius (1818) I. 2 The hull of the ship in this case was sufficient and sea-worthy. 1823Byron Juan x. iv, My slight, trim, But still sea-worthy, skiff. 1856Grote Greece ii. xcv. XII. 376 Four hundred triremes in a seaworthy condition. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 657 The vessel scarce sea-worthy. 1902W. Gow in Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 528/2 In a voyage policy it is an implied warranty that at the commencement of the voyage the ship shall be seaworthy for the particular venture insured. |