DUTCH. Language, or rather gibberish, which cannot be understood by a listener. (See [Double Dutch].)
DUTCH-CAPER. A light-armed vessel of the seventeenth century, adapted for privateering, and much used by the Dutch.
DUTCH CONSOLATION. "Whatever ill befalls you, there's somebody that's worse;" or "It's very unfortunate; but thank God it's no worse."
DUTCH COURAGE. The excitement inspired by drinking spirits; false energy.
DUTCH EEL-SKUYT. A flat-bottomed somewhat cutter-rigged sea-boat, carrying lee-boards, fitted with two water-tight bulk-heads, making a well for keeping live fish in, the water being admitted through perforated plates fastened on inside the ribs.
DUTCHIFYING. A term used for converting square sterns to round ones.
DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES. The patch of blue sky often seen when a gale is breaking, is said to be, however small, "enough to make a pair of breeches for a Dutchman." Others assign the habiliment to a Welshman, but give no authority for the assumption.
DUTCH PLAICE. The Pleuronectes platessa. When small, it is called fleak; when large, Dutch plaice.
DUTCH PUMP. A punishment so contrived that, if the prisoner would not pump hard, he was drowned.
DUTCH RECKONING. A bad day's work, all in the wrong.