单词 | counter-sea |
释义 | † counter-sean. Obsolete. A sea running against the course of a ship, or against another sea or current. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > direction of sea > [noun] > counter head seac1595 counter-sea1599 1599 J. Welsh in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 130 We met with a countersea out of the North boord, and the last voyage in this very place we had the countersea out of the South, being very calme weather. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 60 [The Irish Sea] rageth all the yeere long with surging billowes and counter seas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1599 |
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