单词 | mudian |
释义 | Mudiann.adj. colloquial. Now rare. A. n. 1. A Bermudian-rigged vessel. Cf. Bermudian n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] shipc725 beamOE boardOE bargea1300 steera1300 vessela1300 treea1382 loomc1400 man1473 ark1477 bottom1490 keela1547 riverboat1565 craft1578 pine1592 class1596 flood-bickerer1599 pitchboard1599 stern-bearer1599 wooden horse1599 wooden isle1603 water treader?1615 water house1616 watercraft1618 machine1637 prore1642 lightman1666 embarkation1690 bark1756 prowa1771 Mudian1813 bastiment1823 hooker1823 nymph1876 M.F.V.1948 1813 Acadian Recorder (Nova Scotia) 20 Feb. The Tartarus is as tight as a bottle, sails like a witch—scuds like a Mudian, and lays to like a Gannet. 1828 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. ix. 140 Your young limbs should carry you ahead, Master..like a 'Mudian going with a clean full. 2. A native or inhabitant of Bermuda. ΚΠ 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer II. iii. 72 I had reason to thank the ‘'Mudian’ for his good advice. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. xi. 328 Those Mudians sartainly must have a good deal of fun. 1973 F. van W. Mason Roads to Liberty 53 Old Mr. Gilmorin always maintained that a 'Mudian's word wasn't worth a thin damn. B. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating Bermuda or its inhabitants. ΚΠ 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 730 Shoals, through which the 'Mudian pilot cunned the ship with great skill. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. xi. 330 Didn't it show off the Mudian galls to advantage, lick! I guess it did, for they are the handsomest Creoles in all creation. 2. Of, relating to, or designating a Bermudian-rigged vessel. ΚΠ 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 86/1 My pretty little Mudian boat, the Wave. 1925 Yachting Monthly Nov. 58/2 It is not possible to fit the Mudian sail without having to carry the whole length of mast always aloft. 1934 Yachting Monthly 56 346/1 The 150 sq. ft. rig is a 'Mudian sloop. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1813 |
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