Decuman
[dekjumәn]
Definition
(a.) Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively.
Typist: Lottie
Definition
adj. principal large—of waves &c.: connected with the principal gate of a Roman camp (near which the 10th cohort of the legion was stationed).—n. a great wave as every tenth wave was supposed to be.
Typist: Portia