mustiness
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Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Then rails at his fortunes, stamps, and mutines, why he is not made a counsellor, and call'd to affairs of state.
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben
Shakspeare makes Hamlet sleep "Worse than the mutines in the bilboes."
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
These self-sufficing ships knew no divided authority: no pilot ever took the helm from the captain's hands; no mutines lay in bilboes, no passengers complained of the provisions.
From Pagan Papers by Grahame, Kenneth
Shakespeare says in Hamlet: “Methought I lay worse than the mutines in the bilboes.”
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse
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