personi-fication

Updated: July 5, 2025

Look at those coasting vessels and native boats; both are built in the likeness of the sea bird "sat," a kind of kingfisher. When in motion these boats are the personi-fication of grace, with their long prows and rounded poops. They look as if they were gliding backwards, and one might mistake for wings the strangely shaped, long lateen sails, their narrow angles fastened upwards to a yard.

H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky - From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan