water-bewitched

Updated: May 29, 2025

Things were pretty quiet below, I found, most of the noisier spirits of the mess having eaten their fill and departed; and, fortunately, the gunroom steward had not forgotten us late-comers, there being plenty of the "water-bewitched" sort of beverage that goes by the name of "tea" on board ship, albeit we had to be content with an extra allowance of sugar in lieu of milk.

John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson - Crown and Anchor: Under the Pen'ant