Definition of Davy Jones

1. Noun. The bottom of a sea or ocean.


Definition of Davy Jones

1. Proper noun. The spirit of the sea. ¹

2. Proper noun. The sea bed, bottom of the ocean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Davy Jones

1. The spirit of the sea; sea devil; a term used by sailors. "This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe." (Smollett) Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Davy Jones

davanite
daven
davened
davening
davenport
davenports
davens
davicil
davidia
davidias
davidite
davies
davit
davits
davreuxite
davy jones
davyne
davyum
daw
dawah
dawbries
dawbry
dawcock
dawcocks
dawd
dawded
dawding
dawdle
dawdled
dawdler

Literary usage of Davy Jones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"D Davy Jones OwN in the sea among sand and stones, There lives the old fellow ... And that is the singing of Davy Jones. His chest is full of dead men's ..."

2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Davy Jones. To ¡70 to Davy Jom>s or his locker is nautical English for to die or perish. It has been ingeniously conjectured that the sea, which is so often ..."

3. Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1920)
"And way down deep, Where fishes throng, By Davy Jones' big deep-sea door, Shaking the ocean's flowery floor, His door-bell booms Dong dong, Dong dong, Deep, ..."

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