A small flag used as a signal: = waff, n. 1b, waft, n.1 6. Now Nautical spec. in whaling. Also attributive, as waif-pole.
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| 释义 | society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag (24) waif1530 A small flag used as a signal: = waff, n. 1b, waft, n.1 6. Now Nautical spec. in whaling. Also attributive, as waif-pole. waft1562 Nautical. A flag (or some substitute) hoisted as a signal; the act of displaying such a signal. (See quot. 1867 at sense.) Cf. waff, n. 1b. whiff1693 A flag hoisted as a signal. affirmative flag1796 a flag used to indicate an affirmative response; (later also) the flag used to represent the letter ‘C’ in the International Code of Signals; cf. neg… whift1839 A small signal flag. (Cf. whiff, n.1 7.) cornet1874 A pennon or flag used in signalling. Subcategories:— specific (15) — movement of (1) — number of flags hoisted together (1) — case for holding signal flags (1) |
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