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单词 hard-a-weather
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hard-a-weather
hard-a-weather int., n., and adj. Nautical slang (Obsolete) (a) int. (with reference to the steering or manoeuvring of a ship) right (round) into the weather; (b) n. a tough, hardy person, esp. a sailor; (c) adj. able to withstand severe weather; (of a person, esp. a sailor) tough, hardy.Cf. sense 6b.
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1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. ix. 355 Bout-Ship, Stedy! Stedy! Hard-up! Hard-a-weather!
1826 M. H. Barker Greenwich Hosp. 61 ‘There he goes!’ exclaimed a rough old hard-a-weather, pointing to a gladiator-looking sort of a gentleman.
1829 United Service Jrnl. ii. 493 An old, hard-aweather quarter-master said he had a boy as was made a sad villin, by these dientical [sic] felloes, cause they messt together.
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 87 [He] wore a remarkably hard-a-weather pilot-coat.
1860 Isle of Wight Observer 3 Oct. The close of September has pretty well closed our yachting season..nevertheless, there are several hard-a-weathers still out.
1901 J. Finnemore Lover Fugitives ii. 31 I'm an old hard-a-weather sailor, and yet there you notch a point in courage clean beyond me.
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