单词 | salt eel |
释义 | > as lemmassalt eel ΚΠ 1663 S. Pepys Diary 24 Apr. (1971) IV. 109 With my salt Eele went down in the parler, and there got my boy and did beat him. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Salt-eel, a Rope's end used to Drub the Boies and Sailors on board of Ship. salt eel salt eel n. a rope's end; compared to the tail of an eel. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > rope rope's enda1475 rope-end1583 salt eel1622 colt1780 teaser1910 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 342 A good Ropes end, (which your Sea-faring men call a salt Eele). 1663 S. Pepys Diary 24 Apr. (1971) IV. 109 Up betimes; and with my salt Eele went down in the parler and there got my boy and did beat him. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 An he comes near me, may-hap I may giv'n a Salt Eel for's Supper. 1761 G. Colman Jealous Wife v. i. 87 If You wou'd let Me alone, I wou'd give Him a Salt Eel, I warrant You. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Salt-eel, a rope's end cut from the piece for starting the homo delinquens. < as lemmas |
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