| Summary: | standing ppl, vbl n In a small decked skiff, of about eighty quintals carrying capacity, with two caulked wells or standing rooms, one forward for the cable, and one aft, where stood the two brothers; the decks covered with ice, the sea constantly adding to it, no light, no shelter, and miles f r om the mainland--they seemed to be doomed to utter destruction. P. 18 Throughout the winter, Sam Holland, who, though as good a fellow as ever donned a "nipper" or threw a line from a "standing room," had done considerable bragging, . PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN NOV 5 1964 [H. Trickett says that he names the particular ones: fore standing room and aft standing room. WK] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I ~edge, ~flake, ~ice, ~room, ~well, STRAIGHT~, OUTSIDE EDGE Source listed in DNE as 1895 Christmas Review 9, rubber band group S_19956-85
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