subs. (nautical).—Pease pudding.
1851. Chambers’s Papers for the People, No. 52, p. 16. Peas-pudding (alias DOG’S BODY) is often allowed upon pork days.
1883. W. C. RUSSELL, Sailors’ Language, p. 42. DOGS-BODY.—A mess made of pea-soup, powdered biscuit, and slush.
1889. Chambers’s Journal, 3 Aug., p. 495, col. 1.
