‘freshening his hawse’
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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‘freshening his hawse’, an expression used by the old seamen, particularly in the days of
square-riggers, to describe the action of officers who took two or three nips of rum (see
grog), or whisky, after a long spell on deck in stormy weather.
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Letter from Flensburg: Germany's Klezmer craze.
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 4/7/1997; ; 700+ words
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A letter from Line: the Flensburg antiquities and the Danish-Prussian/Austrian war of 1864.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
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Why did Flensburg live on but it's Bathgate no more?
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/2/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...skilled workforce at Bathgate, had the facility been selected for closure sparing, at least for the time being, the plant at Flensburg, Germany? Motorola said in a statement that "the process we have gone through has been difficult and complex. Motorola...
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Tender Notice: Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg in Kooperation mit dem Archaeologischen Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein Seeks Urban Planning, Architectural Services (Germany)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/10/2009; 339 words
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Flensburg favourite to secure ferries contract
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/13/2000; ; 700+ words
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German job offer insults sacked workers.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/31/2001; 700+ words
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Flensburg
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Lord Haw-Haw
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Karl Doenitz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...s death, Doenitz was appointed Reich president and supreme commander of the armed forces. He set up his government in Flensburg-Murwik on the northern German border with Denmark. For a mere 20 days Doenitz served as the last leader of the Third Reich...
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Fink (Fincke), Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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Hansen, Peter Andreas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...his older contemporary Friedrich Bessel, he arrived at it by a detour through trade. He was apprenticed to a clockmaker at Flensburg and eventually qualified as a master craftsman of this art, for a time becoming a clockmaker in his native town. During...
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