† high-riggedadj.1
Obsolete.
= high-ridged adj.Chiefly of an arrowhead; cf. rig n.1 4.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > type of head
high-rigged1545
high-crested1671
leaf-shaped1798
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged > having high ridge
high-rigged1545
high-ridged1585
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 21 A certayne kynde of [arrow] heades whyche men call hie rigged, creased, or shouldred heades.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 450 The stone worke below, having three Ranks of larger windows, incircling the whole quadrangles, and French like high rigged.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) High-crested, or High-rigged, a Term in Archery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
high-riggedadj.2
/ˌhʌɪˈrɪɡd/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈrɪɡd/ Of a sailing ship: having high rigging.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > rigged > in specific ways
lateen1540
high-riggeda1547
tall1548
well-rigged1577
under-sailed1599
over-rigged1627
schooner-rigged1769
sloop-rigged1769
ketch-rigged1775
spritsail1791
brig-rigged1796
square-rigged1802
ship-rigged1803
taunt-rigged1825
Bermudian-rigged1846
Bermudian1847
maphrodite1849
bark-rigged1858
butter-rigged1881
jackass rigged1883
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) iv. sig. f.iv The Troyans fast Fell to their worke from the shore to vnstock High rigged [1554 hygh charged; L. celsas] ships.
1785 J. Knox View Brit. Empire (ed. 3) II. 408 They can easily pass the canal, when a square rigged ship could not attempt it, besides the detriment done to the locks and banks by high rigged vessels.
1795 A. Radcliffe Journey 351 Heavy, high-rigged vessels, scarcely breasting the stream,..we frequently met.
1848 Dublin Univ. Mag Aug. 220/1 On its placid bosom float high-rigged long-ships from across the sea.
1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 14 53 She is very high rigged, sails well, and behaves excellently in a heavy sea.
1918 L. M. Turner tr. C. Cestre France, Eng. & European Democracy 1215–1915 ii. 27 The English fleet, inferior in number but composed of small nimble ships, high-rigged.
1998 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 12 Sept. Ice was..shipped in fine, high-rigged schooners halfway around the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.2a1547- grin like a cheshire cat
- grin smile from ear to ear
- grin the teeth
- grin through a horse-collar
- grin through a horsecollar
- grin with the teeth
- grinagog
- grinch
- grinched
- grinches
- grincome
- grind
- grind a valve in
- grind a valve into
- grind a valve on to
- grind house
- grind in
- grind into
- grind on to
- grind out
- grind the coffee mill
- grind the faces occasionally face of
- grind the faces of
- grind-jest
- grind-organ