单词 | rowed of all! |
释义 | > as lemmasrowed of all! P7. Nautical. rowed of all!: a command to cease rowing and ship oars. Now archaic and historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [phrase] > order to cease rowing rowed of all!1802 1802 N. Salmon Boyer's Royal Dict. (rev. ed.) at Row Rowed of all, lève rames. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xi. 172 ‘In bow—rowed of all.’ The boat was laid alongside. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 583 Rowed of all, the orders for the rowers to cease, and toss their oars into the boat simultaneously, in naval style. 1904 G. Cross Auotbiogr. Stage Coachman I. vi. 112 ‘In bow—rowed of all’, said I, as the well-manned boat glided silently to the foot of the stairs. 1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) 206 ‘Rowed of all’, cried Reade at last, and the bargemen tossed their oars into the boat, Navy-fashion. < as lemmas |
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