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
So the clever man heightens the Plimsoll mark, adds a million or so to shipowners’ capital by dipping his pen in the ink, and gives Jack more jam.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
Some were still in the stream, loaded with wheat to the Plimsoll mark, ready to depart with the next tide.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
Just before high water the Myra, being loaded far below her Plimsoll mark, prepared to weigh and ascend the river.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
