permit me to carry on the segue . . . it's my guess more boats have been sunk using the ubiquitous bung-hole plug removal system than have been bailed as noted: Not a good idea bill p.s. i wonder what the inventor of this device is working on now? hmmm. a windshield wiper for a particular part of a horse's anatomy, no doubt ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Clouston <mike@mikeclouston.co.uk> Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2004 6:44 am Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Dialect word for "bailer" > Not a good idea while afloat! > > I've heard though that the best bilge pump is a frightened man > with a > bailer! > > Cheers > -- > Mike > > steven@kw15.co.uk wrote: > > >Can't help you there Mike, but I'm familair with using nile and > nile-hole > >for the bung and bung-hole of a boat, if you have the opportunity > to let the > >water drain out instead! > > > >Cheers > >Steven > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mike Clouston" <mike@mikeclouston.co.uk> > >To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:42 PM > >Subject: [<orcadia>] Dialect word for "bailer" > > > > > > > > > >>I know that the word "owse" means to bail a boat but can anyone > help me > >>with an Orkney dialect word for a boat's bailer, please. > >> > >>Shetland built boats have a part called the "owse room" from > where water > >>is bailed from the boat. They also have the word "owskerri" for the > >>wooden scoop they use as a bailer. > >> > >>The Orkney Dictionary has let me down on this occasion. > >>-- > >>Mike Clouston > >> > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with > the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >