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duck·ing at the yard-arm
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ducking at the yard-arm
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the French for grave offences, thus: the criminal was placed astride a short thick batten, fastened to the end of a rope which passed through a block hanging at the yard-arm. Thus fixed, he was hoisted suddenly up to the yard, and the rope being then slackened at once, he was plunged into the sea. This chastisement was repeated several times; conformable to the sentence, a gun advertised the other ships of the fleet thereof that their crews might become spectators. If the offence was very great, he was drawn underneath the keel of the ship, which was called keel-hauling. (See KEEL-HAULING.)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ducking at the yard-arm in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ducking at the yard-arm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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