possiss'd

Updated: May 27, 2025

"Sorry o' me knows," replied Tim in an equally awestruck voice, either full of real or very well assumed terror, "barrin' that the divil's got howld av 'em; an' it's raal vexed I am, sorr, av spakin' so moighty disrespectful av his honour jist now. Aye, take me worrud for it, cap'en, they're possiss'd, as sure as eggs is mate!"

John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson - Afloat at Last: A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea