moll i city (molisiti)

[Irreg. [Abbr. of mallemaroking . mollie (mol'i), n. Cf. molly2.] A meeting of ship-captains held on board one of several whaling-ships when ice-bound in company. See the quotation. [Naut. slang.] Whenever the whaling fleet is stopped for a number of days in the ice, it is the practice for the captains to a emble on board one or the other of the ships to discu the prospects of the season's catch. These interviews are called Mollies, and are announced by a bucket hoisted as a signal at the fore-royal masthead. Generally speaking, a Mollie means making a night of it. Schley and Soley , Rescue of Greely, p. 183.