单词 | mis-stay |
释义 | mis-stayv. Nautical. intransitive. Of a ship: to fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > by tacking > fail to to miss stays1691 mis-stay1829 1829 G. Griffin Collegians (ed. 2) I. xii. 241 Ahoy! ahoy! Have an oar out in the bow, or she'll miss-stay in the swell. 1849 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 88 We mis~stayed in but 11 feet of water, but the bottom is very muddy and not dangerous. 1885 Standard 5 May 6/8 C. H. Cumbell..misstayed in Cornlough Bay; took the ground. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 5 Dec. 9/2 The ship, when tacking, mis-stayed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1829 |
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