Cutty-sark (witch) "chemise", or "shirt". The earliest recorded literary usage of the term "cutty sark" (as opposed to older usage of the two separate words) is by Dougal Graham in c. 1779 (the year of his death): "A cutty sark of guide harn sheet, My mitter he pe spin, mattam." In Burns' 1791 poem Tam o' Shanter, the drunken Tam, riding home on his horse, happens upon a witches' dance. Among the dancing figures is a particularly beautiful young witch named Nannie (Scots pet-form of Anna), "ae winsome wench and wawlie" (line 164). She is wearing a "harn" (linen) "sark" (nightshirt) which
Sir Lancelot (clipper) Sir Lancelot (clipper) Sir Lancelot was a clipper ship which sailed in the China trade and the India-Mauritius trade. Built in 1865 by Robert Steele & Company, Greenock, "Sir Lancelot" was "a beautiful tea clipper" called the "Yacht of the Indian Ocean". There is some discussion as to whether "Sir Lancelot" was an exact sister ship of Ariel, but it is clear that the two ships were very similar. "Sir Lancelot" was typical of all of Steele's ships, celebrated for their beauty of model, perfection of build, and superb finish. In the poem "By the Old Pagoda Anchorage," she is