To sail or move swiftly on the water. Now chiefly (and in technical nautical use exclusively), to run before a gale with little or no sail.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail before the wind (7) scud1582 To sail or move swiftly on the water. Now chiefly (and in technical nautical use exclusively), to run before a gale with little or no sail. spoon1588 intransitive. In sailing, to run before the wind or sea; to scud. Also with away. (Common in 17th cent.) spoom1628 intransitive. To run before the sea, wind, etc.; to scud. Also figurative. to stand down1635 intransitive. Nautical. To sail with the wind or tide. Cf. main sense 41b. to bear down1671 intransitive. Nautical. To sail with the wind. skid1815 intransitive. To run or go quickly, to scud. Also, = scud, v.1 2. to roll down to St. Helena1834 to roll down to St. Helena and variants: (of a vessel) to advance steadily under a favourable wind, without having to change tack or sail. |
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