| 单词 | long six |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong six long six n. (a) a type of long candle, six of which together weighed one pound (now rare); cf. long four n. (b); (b) (chiefly Nautical) a long gun or cannon which fires shot weighing six pounds (now historical); cf. long four n. (a) and long nine n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > candle(s) defined by price or weight > candle(s) weighing six to the pound long six1754 sices1825 short-six1831 1754 Connoisseur 18 July 146 When I observe the tawdry gentility of a tallow-chandler's daughter, I look upon her as hung round with long sixes, short eights, and rush-lights. 1782 St. James's Chron. 14 Feb. 3/2 Six Three-Pounders on her Quarter-Deck, besides two long Sixes on the Forecastle for Chase-Guns. 1847 J. F. Cooper Crater II. iv. 124 Mark determined to bring over one of the two long sixes, and mount it [on the ‘platform’], with a view to command the offing. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah xi. 368 Peasants who had never tasted anything daintier than a rushlight now had their fill of long sixes. 1903 W. E. Adams Mem. Social Atom I. x. 94 If any of the audience stood or sat under the ‘chandeliers,’ they ran a pretty good chance of getting their best clothes soiled and spoiled with droppings from the ‘long sixes’ above them. 1987 D. Pope Devil Himself iv. 25 Two ‘long sixes’, the famous 6-pounders, weighing 12 hundredweight each and..fitted on the maindeck. < as lemmas |
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