"Hermaphrodite brig" Quotes from Famous Books
... ship," replied Peaks, as he turned partly round, so that he could see the craft. "That's a 'mofferdite brig; or, as bookish people would say, an hermaphrodite brig—half brig and half schooner. You must call things, especially vessels, by their right names, or you will fall in the ... — Up The Baltic - Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark • Oliver Optic |