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Davy Jones's locker

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Davy Jones \Da"vy Jones"\
   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 : WordNet®

Davy Jones's locker
     n : the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: {ocean floor}, {ocean
         bottom}, {seabed}, {sea bottom}, {Davy Jones}]
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