Comments on: Lopsided http://www.word-detective.com/2010/01/lopsided/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tree Loppers Brisbane http://www.word-detective.com/2010/01/lopsided/comment-page-1/#comment-20817 Tree Loppers Brisbane Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:02:56 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2133#comment-20817 So lop applied to trees means they are lop sided? So lop applied to trees means they are lop sided?

]]> By: Paul http://www.word-detective.com/2010/01/lopsided/comment-page-1/#comment-3719 Paul Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:48:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2133#comment-3719 Proper balance of ocean going vessels is a big deal in the nautical world. Could the original "lapsided" describe a ship so poorly balanced it's especially vulnerable to wave action? Of course, it all hinges on my guess that a lapping wave could mean or have meant engulfment of a vessel by a wave. Proper balance of ocean going vessels is a big deal in the nautical world. Could the original “lapsided” describe a ship so poorly balanced it’s especially vulnerable to wave action?

Of course, it all hinges on my guess that a lapping wave could mean or have meant engulfment of a vessel by a wave.

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