“The crew of the fish-smack pack repeated layers of halibut in the hold,” (Song of Myself, 41) “or off on a cruise with fishers in a fishing smack” (”Walt Whitman, A Brooklyn Boy”) Smack, n.: 1. A single-masted sailing-vessel, fore-and-aft rigged like a sloop or cutter, and usually of light burden, chiefly employed as a coaster or for […] […]