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
   
William Falconer   Name:
William Falconer
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
Scottish
Birth:
1732
Death:
1769
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