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	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 Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Poet Quotes Category: Scottish Poet Quotes Year of Birth: 1732 Year of Death: 1769 Nationality: Scottish Amazon: William Falconer on Amazon	Related Authors: Alexander Smith Robert Burns Robert Service George Byron Robert W. Service William Falconer Norman MacCaig Ian Hamilton Finlay
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