Hence A Ship Is Said To Be Tight, When Her Planks Are So Compact And Solid As To Prevent The Entrance Of The Water In Which She Is Immersed: And A Cask Is Called Tight, When The Staves Are So Close That None Of The Liquid Contained Therein Can Issue Through Or Between Them.

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.

William Falconer

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Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

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