单词 | pilotry |
释义 | pilotryn. The office or function of pilot; the art or skill of piloting a vessel. Also figurative: guidance, leadership; control, mastery. Cf. pilotage n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > pilotage lodemanagec1405 petilodemanage1531 pilotage1577 pilotism1611 pilotship1612 piloting1663 pilotry1744 hovelling1880 mud pilotage1932 society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance wissingc1000 rightingOE guidance?1548 guide1568 guidementa1578 aim1597 chalking1613 sterning1638 light or leading1644 pilotry1842 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. Notes 278 As a Ship is the End of Ship-building, or Navigating the End of Pilotry. a1762 Lady M. W. Montagu Ode Female Reign in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (1763) I. 80 Britannia's vessel, which in Anna's reign, And prudent pilotry, enjoys The tempest which the world destroys. 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 318 Under such skilful pilotry did I pass days and nights in the prosecution of my one great purpose. 1898 Argosy May 252 Bring all thy knowledge of pilotry and mariner's craft to the help of our lord the king. 1910 H. Belloc Verses 35 There is no Pilotry my soul relies on. 1996 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 20 Dec. 23 His mandolin pilotry is flawless on ‘Mule Skinner Blues’. 2004 Tennessean (Nexis) 3 Oct. 14 d Lindbergh's pioneering pilotry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744 |
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