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单词 dead muzzler
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dead muzzler
dead muzzler n. Nautical a direct head-wind. Cf. nose-ender n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > dead ahead
noser1756
muzzler1857
dead muzzler1874
nose-ender1907
1874 W. M. Baines Narr. of Edward Crewe 160 The breeze that had brought us along so famously was a ‘dead muzzler’ for them.
1893 Sloane-Stanley Remin. Midshipm. Life xxxiii. 448 The following morning there was a nice breeze, but a dead muzzler.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 303/1 With the wind a deadmuzzler, he found that the boat..sailed herself better than anyone could have done it for her.
1974 F. Mowat Boat who wouldn't Float viii. 86 The wind picked up from sou'east, a dead muzzler right on our bows.
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