单词 | furling |
释义 | furlingn. The action of the verb furling in a body, furling in the bunt (see quot. 1867). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing vanishingc1405 vading1570 disparition1597 disappearing1610 disparence1617 disappearance1625 discharge1626 evaporating1630 evanishing1633 vanish1650 disapparition1657 evanescency1664 evanescence1751 mizzle1789 evanitiona1797 evanishment1797 evaporation1824 occultation1825 vanishment1831 furling1836 disappearing trick1870 disappearing act1884 fade-away1911 fade-out1924 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [noun] > furling > specific manner of skin1804 furling1836 harbour stow1886 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxii That they might practise furling. 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. iv. 345 The instinctive furling off..of a conceived external world of possibilities from a conscious and persisting personality. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Furling in a body, a method of rolling up a topsail..by gathering all the loose part of the sail into the top, about the heel of the topmast, whereby the yard appears much thinner and lighter than when the sail is furled in the usual manner, which is sometimes termed, for distinction sake, furling in the bunt. Compounds furling-system; furling-line n. a line or cord used in furling sails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for furling sails wyning1295 brailsa1450 clew-garnet1626 furling-line1626 buntline1627 clew-line1627 slabline1647 peak-brail1711 throat brail1769 buntline-span1882 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 15 The..gassits or furling lines. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 Furling lines are small lines made fast to the top saile, top gallant saile, and the missen yards armes. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 114 Captain Finlay intended to confine his furling system..to schooners. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Furling-line, a generally flat cord called a gasket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1626 |
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