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dolphin-striker en · NOUN

Etymology

From dolphin + striker.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of dolphin striker.
   alt of dolphin striker
   • Before the Admiral brought up, he was in our hawse, with our dolphin-striker thumping on his poop --- our cable out to the clinch. 1857, Sir Charles Napier, George Butler Earp, The History of the Baltic Campaign of 1854, page 407:
   • His pride and delight in the figure were extreme. He was always having it washed and touched with paint; and he used to go out on the dolphin-striker to enjoy a perfect view of its beauties. 1860, Herbert Grey, The voyage of the Lady, page 135:
   • The martingale, when single, is secured round the boom end, clenched, spliced, or with a running eye, rove through a sheave in the dolphin-striker, and in on the forecastle, on the opposite side to the royal stay. 1848, William N. Brady, The Kedge-Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, page 76:
   • The dolphin-striker was triced up, the boats were taken on board, and the old sounds of conning the helın began again. 1854, Elisha Kent Kane, The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir J. Franklin, page 414:

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