单词 | chiurm |
释义 | † chiurmchiormn. Obsolete. A crew or gang of slaves rowing a galley; also contemptuous ‘crew’, ‘gang’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > crew > crew of galley-slaves chiurm1655 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on galley > slave > crew of chiurm1655 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxi. 42 He went aboard the Cape-Gallie..passing through the Churma of slaves.] 1655 Theophania 85 The Chiorm..consisted of twenty Banks, and twenty Slaves on a Bank. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. To Rdr. That insipid clutter which that impertinent and trifling Chiurm of Pedants make, that call themselves Expositors. a1734 R. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North (1744) 59 Being well acquainted with..a Bey of a Galley, he procured of him a String of Slaves out of his Chiurm..to work in his building [margin Served by a Chiurm of Galley Slaves]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1655 |
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