单词 | sea-gate |
释义 | sea-gaten.1ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance (to be) travelled > distance by sea or water sea-gate1577 waterway1883 1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 59 Fra the Yle of Brassay to Swounburgh, quhilk is twentie myles of seagait. 2. A long rolling swell; also, the condition in which two vessels are when thrown aboard one another by such a swell. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > swell surge1567 sea-gate1583 swella1616 running1622 groundswell1818 backwater1838 after-roll1858 wallow1868 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > rolling and pitching > condition of vessels thrown together by sea-gate1583 1583 Fenton's Voy. (Otho E.viii) 185 With the force of the winde and the Seagate our cable br[oke]. 1628 World Encompassed by Sir F. Drake 50 The sea-gate being at that present very great. 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 142 Two Ships by lying aboard one another in a Sea-Gate (that is a Billow, or wave). 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Sea-Gate, when two Ships are aboard one another by means of a Wave or Billow: The Sea-men say, They lie aboard one another in a Sea-Gate. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea-gate or gait. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea fleetc893 pillOE arm of the seaOE sounda1300 lougha1387 bracec1400 lough1423 firthc1425 loch1427 resort1477 estuarya1552 inshot1555 mere1574 portlet1577 fret1587 frith1600 sea-gate1605 creek1625 sea-lochc1645 wick1664 fjord1674 voea1688 backwater1867 strait gulf1867 ocean-arm1871 ria1887 fjard1904 geo1934 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 330 But, since his sinne, the woefull wretch findes none..Beast, mountaine, valley, sea-gate, shoare or hauen, But beares his Deaths-doombe openly ingrauen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). sea-gaten.2 1. A gate towards, or giving access to, the sea; or a convenient approach to the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea-gate sea-gate1861 1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia 115 The sea-gate..is Roman. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 238 Over the sea~gate of the city stands the Lion of St. Mark. 2. A place of access to the sea. ΚΠ 1883 F. G. Heath in Cent. Mag. Dec. 165/1 Plymouth, the great sea-gate of sunny Devon. 1896 Daily News 30 Dec. 6/2 Delagoa Bay, the seagate of Secheleland. 3. One of a pair of supplementary or outer gates opening outwards, placed sometimes at the entrance of an exposed dock or tidal basin, as a safeguard against a heavy sea. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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