waltyadj.
/ˈwɒlti/ Nautical.
= walt adj.Probably Obsolete, the knowledge of the word being derived, through Longfellow, from quot. 1702.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable
walt1539
crank-sided1626
crank1696
walty1702
over-floaty1705
lopsided1711
tender1723
innavigable1755
unseaworthy1820
sick1854
cranky1861
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. vi. 25/2 A New Ship, built at Rhode-Island, of about 150 Tuns; but so walty, that the Master..often said she would prove their Grave.
1850 H. W. Longfellow Phantom Ship in Birds of Passage iv This ship is so crank and walty, I fear our grave she will be!]
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 27 By sport of bitter weather We're walty, strained, and scarred.
1904 F. T. Bullen Creatures of Sea xxiv. 362 In spite of the walty state of the almost worn-out vessel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1702