Meaning of main-truck | Babel Free

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On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout.

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“But oh! shipmates! on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep. Is not the main-truck higher than the kelson is low?”

“I told him about everything I could think⟳ of; and what I couldn't think⟳ of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question⟳ had a point⟳ to it. At the end⟳ he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see⟳ anybody so polite.”

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