Careful Words

cable (n.)

cable (v.)

cable (adj.)

For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake;

For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;

His hooke was such as heads the end of pole

To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;

The hook was baited with a dragon's tale,—

And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.

Sir William Davenant (1605-1668): Britannia Triumphans. Page 15. 1637.