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It took me way longer than is reasonable to realize that a cog in this context is a type of ship. It does not contain gears of any size, giant or small.
by WJW 9mo ago
It took me way longer than is reasonable to realize that a cog in this context is a type of ship. It does not contain gears of any size, giant or small.
- nailer 9mo agoYes, I also thought it was some kind of mechanical discovery.
- mpolichette 9mo agoI thought they were talking about one of their coworkers /s
- card_zero 9mo agoThey have the same etymological root, from a Proto-Germanic word for a lump, which is the tooth (cog) on a cogwheel, or the round bulky lump of a cog ship.
- geon 9mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cog_(ship) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cog_(ship)