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
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 Norris, Frank
The Plimsoll mark is painted on the vessel to indicate how much cargo she should carry.
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 Bishop, Julia Truitt
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 Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
A glance told us that her sea-worthiness was questionable and that her over-burdening cargo pressed her Plimsoll mark close to the water line.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
