The ship's hull was barnacled. From LearnThat.org.
The barnacled hull of a wrecked ship. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Danni'vver flicked open a port in her barnacled hide. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
Poseidon his thrice-pronged scepter is a barnacled bone. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry] Reference
A slightly predictable call for self deprecation from the barnacled one. From Wordnik.com. [Exclusive: And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda] Reference
Thus, all decisions must be made by special-interest barnacled politicians. From Wordnik.com. [Initiative 1033's backers exhibit their disdain for representative democracy] Reference
They were heavily barnacled and sluggish, unable to keep up with the swifter ships. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
And, unfortunately, in law school, somebody told be about terms that get barnacled. From Wordnik.com. [Background Briefing On South Korea Kim Visit] Reference
Just as "special-interest barnacled politicians" can be bought, so can the electorate. From Wordnik.com. [Initiative 1033's backers exhibit their disdain for representative democracy] Reference
Sharp contrasts of light on the water and the dark, barnacled boulders caught his eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Welkening] Reference
The old galley Penelope, her exposed hull heavily barnacled, was pulled up high on the sand. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
If the tide had not been in, the exposed bank would have been far wider, barnacled, slippery. From Wordnik.com. [TOO MANY MURDERS] Reference
The swell was breaking white against its barnacled granite boulders in a long, crashing rumble. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
"A ship pulled out and left on a beach for thirty years would be worm-holed and barnacled over.". From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
Then Mart gripped the kris, tore it from the barnacled wood, and whipped around to meet his enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Shark] Reference
As centrepiece, the Pier, a gaudy finger pointed towards France, barnacled with kiosks and cupolas. From Wordnik.com. [Crime On the Coast]
Iron containers, some rusted and barnacled, were stuffed to overflowing with dried grasses and grains. From Wordnik.com. [Another Roadside Attraction]
Up ahead she could suddenly see flashes of silver-white water as waves dashed against barnacled rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
And this phrase, before it was even born, was already barnacled by different people with different barnacles. From Wordnik.com. [Background Briefing On South Korea Kim Visit] Reference
This is not to say that the federal government isn't barnacled with stupidities after 200+ years of existence. From Wordnik.com. [Armey Decoded - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
Now Peter and Shawn had begun to pull apart the black and gray barnacled mushrooms and put them in their mouths. From Wordnik.com. [Surrender, Dorothy] Reference
The clouds had parted, the sun was shining and a barnacled whale lay dying on their broken pier and matted back yard. From Wordnik.com. [Dump like no other.] Reference
The clouds had parted, the sun was shining and a barnacled whale lay dying on their broken pier and matted back yard. From Wordnik.com. [Dump like no other.] Reference
Though the galleon in Pirates looked like a barnacled curio above the waterline, it had a steel hull and a 400hp engine. From Wordnik.com. [The big picture: on the set of Roman Polanski's movie Pirates, 1985] Reference
I have forgotten to say that we found the barnacled cask nearly filled with a most delicious wine which none of us can name. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XXXVI] Reference
A trifle above the level of his head flamed out a little silver line of light -- it was the kris, protruding handle outward from the barnacled wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Shark] Reference
For though handsome lads, they were all (in the Scots phrase) barnacled. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)] Reference
With her eyes still held by the barnacled rocks, she snapped: "Then you may see something.". From Wordnik.com. [El Diablo] Reference
It is by now a familiar problem for small parties barnacled on to governments under the MMP system. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
It can throw out much of its cliché-ridden, pun-barnacled vocabulary and invest in a good modern supply of plain. From Wordnik.com. [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Born in the modern town, having spent twelve years in San Francisco, he was not heavily barnacled with tradition. From Wordnik.com. [The Pagan Madonna] Reference
Here they clambered over crags and barnacled boulders till they came to a quiet pool reflecting the blue of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Three Little Cousins] Reference
Others went along the Costa Rican coast to find turtle to salt for victuals, and to careen their barnacled and wormy ships. From Wordnik.com. [On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.] Reference
Two days later a typhoon struck her and she was soon swinging bottom upwards, with the kittiwakes shrieking over her barnacled keel. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
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