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  1. DneprDave

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    #5 DneprDave, Aug 20, 2015
    I thought it was a wart on your ath.
     
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    #2 Friskie, Aug 20, 2015
    Also expanded upon by the seafarer as in 'athwart-ships' meaning beam to beam or perpendicular to the keel only pronounced in that vernacular 'a-twart-ships' according to a crusty old Master Chief bo's'n's mate who would have things no other way.
     
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    #3 whaap, Aug 20, 2015
    LOL. That and Fresnel lens.
     
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    #4 Metalman, Aug 20, 2015
    Well.... That's totally Backathwart....
     
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    #6 Friskie, Aug 20, 2015
    What's the word for that, breaking a word down to it's origins? Masterfully done. :Thumbsup: