damp-struck

Updated: May 5, 2025

Following this, we found a barrel of molasses; a cask of rum; some cases of dried fruit these were mouldy and scarce fit to be eaten; a cask of salt beef, another of pork; a small barrel of vinegar; a case of brandy; two barrels of flour one of which proved to be damp-struck; and a bunch of tallow dips.

William Hope Hodgson - The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"