Ironsick, a.
In seamen's language, a ship is said to be ironsick, when her bolts and nails are so corroded or eaten with rust that she has become leaky.
Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster's
American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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In seamen's language, a ship is said to be ironsick, when her bolts and nails are so corroded or eaten with rust that she has become leaky.