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Definition of Jerquing
1. n. The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
2. n. The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
Definition of Jerquing
1. Noun. (UK archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jerquing
1. jerking [n -S] - See also: jerking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerquing
Literary usage of Jerquing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... to stories or speeches full of absurd pictures of exaggerated or imaginary evils.
Jerkin. [Dim. of the D. jurk, a frock.] A jacket. jerquing a ship. ..."
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