单词 | indraught |
释义 | indraughtindraftn. 1. The act of drawing in; inward attraction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > drawing in indrawing1398 indraughta1682 indrawal1869 indraw1899 a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 113 Having been long tossed in the Ocean of this World, he will by that time feel the In-draught of another, unto which this seems but preparatory. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World x. 289 The Dutch call that part of this Coast, the Land of Indraught, (as if it magnetically drew Ships too fast to it). 1749 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage II. 267 Being also dubious as to the Indraught of the Fall, the Boats came to an Anchor. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxi. 159 Better be sucked into the gulph of Florida than once get into the indraught of woman. 1891 Daily News 7 Sept. 6/5 The indraft of the towns is irresistible, and usually in silence, but with decision, and ‘for good’, the capable young men abandon country labour. 2. a. An inward flow, stream, or current, as of water or air; esp. a current setting towards the land or up an estuary, etc.; a draught of air into a confined space; an influx, inrush. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > flowing towards shore indraught1589 offset1902 the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > a movement of air > a current of air > inward or outward current indraught1794 outdraught1857 1589 R. Hakluyt tr. G. Mercator in Princ. Navigations ii. 249 Hee sayd that those foure Indraughts were drawne into an inward gulfe or whirlepoole, with so great a force, that the ships which once entred therein, could by no meanes be driuen backe againe. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. liv. f. 350 The sea will flow more by one point of the Compasse in the spring tydes..in euery riuer that hath any indraft. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xli. 95 In some Bayes, where are great indraughts, it [the tide] higheth eighte or ten foote. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 48 To avoid the Indraft of the Bay or Gulph of Mexico. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. iii. 73 The larger the fire, the sharper is the indraught of the air. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. vii. 54 The Esquimaux, too,..assert the existence of a well-marked indraft. 1858 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (new ed.) v. §283 These indraughts are known as monsoons at sea; on the land, as the prevailing winds of the season. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 24 To abate the mighty indraught of Forraine Manufactures. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. viii. 360 This indraught of the Lombard energies upon the Byzantine rest, like a wild north wind descending into a space of rarified atmosphere. a. A place where the water flows into the land; an inlet; an inward passage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea fleetc893 creekc1300 graina1400 updraught14.. armleta1552 land-featherc1582 indraught1596 inlet1596 vent1604 cut1630 re-entrant1893 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 259 Which betokeneth an Indraught (or Inlett) of water into the lande, out of, and besides the maine course, of the Sea, or of a Riuer. 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 284 They have also vast In~draughts of some hundred Miles within Land. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 30 The one..is received by a rocky subterraneous indraught, and appears no more. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Indraught, a Gulph or Bay that runs in between two Lands. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > means of entrance doorc825 gatec1175 coming ina1398 ingressc1420 entress1481 indraughta1626 gateway1842 a1626 F. Bacon Advice to G. Villiers in Wks. (1861) XIII. 48 Navigable rivers are indraughts to attain wealth. 4. Revenue, income; ‘toll or duty collected at a port’ (Jamieson). Scottish. Obsolete. [Compare Swedish indrägt revenue, income, rent.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] renta1225 winningsc1380 profita1382 profity1432 revenue1433 fruitc1450 luck?a1475 improvement1478 apports1481 penny-rent1502 importance1505 filthy lucre1526 rentally1534 entrataa1538 a quick return1583 incoming1596 entratec1599 advenue1600 coming in1600 income1601 intrade1604 intrado1609 ingate1621 audit1625 increment1631 indraught1633 velvet1901 1633 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) V. 93 Grantit..the port and harberie of the said burgh of Bruntiland callit the port of grace with the indraucht thairof and prymegilt of all shipes coming to the said port. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589 |
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