intransitive. Nautical. To beat to windward; to tack. Obsolete.
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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)] > luff or turn to windward > in tacking (3) turn1589 intransitive. Nautical. To beat to windward; to tack. Obsolete. to turn up1589 intransitive. Nautical. To beat up to windward; to tack. Formerly also †transitive with it as object (obsolete). Cf. main sense 15d. to heave (the ship) in stays1726 From senses 10 19: to heave a-peak: see quots. and a-peak, adv. to heave (the ship) in stays: to bring her head to the wind in tacking; also intrans… |
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