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  • "... a strong pole, occasionally thrust out from a ship's side, &c. to prevent the approach of fireships, fire-stages, or vessels accidentally on fire."

    Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 51

    October 12, 2008

  • Sounds like quite a handy tool.

    October 14, 2008