Plimsoll mark
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A few were laden to the Plimsoll mark with cryolite from Greenland, fluorspar from Newfoundland, pitch and coke from the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Plimsoll mark was a series of measurements in feet, running from the maximum depth at which the ship should lie in the water down toward the keel.
From Smugglers' Reef by John Blaine
Having avoided the scrutiny of the efficient and official, we painted out our Plimsoll mark with tongue in cheek and eyelid drooped, and, this done, took our stores aboard and packed them pretty tight.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
Jack would laugh an' joke all day; Never saw a lad so gay; Singin' like a medder lark, Loaded to the Plimsoll mark With God's sunshine was that boy; Had a strangle-holt on Joy.
From Rhymes of a Rolling Stone by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
Plimsoll was the originator of the famous "Plimsoll mark," and this is what caused him to be called the sailors' friend.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 24, June 16, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
