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iron-sick
ˈiron-ˌsick, a. Naut. Now rare or Obs. Said of a wooden ship when her bolts and nails are so corroded with rust that she has become leaky.1626 Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 13 A ship cranke sided, Iron sicke, spewes her okum. 1627 ― Seaman's Gram. xi. 54 Iron sicke, is when the Bolts, Spikes, or Na... Oxford English Dictionary
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nail-sick
ˈnail-sick, a. Naut. [f. nail n. + sick a.] Leaky at the nail-holes. (Cf. iron-sick.)1865 Thoreau Cape Cod viii. 145 Much smaller waves soon make a boat ‘nail-sick’, as the phrase is. 1879 T. Warden Crossford II. 73 As the little craft was old and nailsick, she made a good deal of water in the ordin... Oxford English Dictionary
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sick
▪ I. sick, a. and n. (sɪk) Forms: α. 1–3 seoc (1 seoch, sioc), 2–3 seo(c)k; 3 sæc, seac, seak (9 dial.), 3, 6 seake; 1–3 sec (5 cec), 2–5 sek (5 cek), 2–6 seke (5 ceke), 5 seeke; 3 siec, 4 siek(e, 4–6 (9 dial.) seek, 5 seyk, 5–6 Sc. seik. β. 3 suc, sic, 3–6 sik (4 zik), 6–7 sicke (6 sycke), 6– sick ... Oxford English Dictionary
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