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Definition of Davy jones
1. Noun. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
Specialized synonyms: Abyssal Zone, Continental Shelf, Bathyal District, Bathyal Zone, Continental Slope, Neritic Zone, Twilight Zone
Generic synonyms: Bed, Bottom
Definition of Davy jones
1. Proper noun. The spirit of the sea. ¹
2. Proper noun. The sea bed, bottom of the ocean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Davy jones
1. The spirit of the sea; sea devil; a term used by sailors. "This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe." (Smollett) Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Davy Jones
Literary usage of Davy jones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"D davy jones OwN in the sea among sand and stones, There lives the old fellow
... And that is the singing of davy jones. His chest is full of dead men's ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"davy jones. To ¡70 to Davy Jom>s or his locker is nautical English for to die or
perish. It has been ingeniously conjectured that the sea, which is so often ..."
3. Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1920)
"And way down deep, Where fishes throng, By davy jones' big deep-sea door, Shaking
the ocean's flowery floor, His door-bell booms Dong dong, Dong dong, Deep, ..."
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