| 单词 | crank by the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrank by the ground Liable to lean over or capsize: said of a ship when she is built too deep or narrow, or has not sufficient ballast to carry full sail. crank by the ground (see quots. 1696, 1704). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable walt1539 crank-sided1626 crank1696 walty1702 over-floaty1705 lopsided1711 tender1723 innavigable1755 unseaworthy1820 sick1854 cranky1861 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Crank A ship is said to be crank by the Ground when she is narrow-floor'd [1706 adds] so..that she cannot be brought on Ground, without danger of being overthrown, or at least of wringing her Sides. 1702 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 82 Through a jealousy of the vessel being crank. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Crank, the Sea Term for a Ship that cannot bear her Sails, or can bear but a small Sail for fear of oversetting: and they say she is Crank by the Ground, when she cannot be brought on Ground without danger of overthrowing her. 1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 67/2 At present she is so cranke she cannot carry sail. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Building of Ship in Seaside & Fireside 9 Strangest of all, Towered the Great Harry, crank and tall. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxiii. 380 That crank little boat with its top-heavy sails. < as lemmas |
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