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单词 sea-crafty
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sea-craftyadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., crafty adj.
Etymology: < sea n. + crafty adj., after Old English lagucræftig skilled in matters connected with the sea, experienced at sea.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-crafty.
rare.
Skilled in seafaring matters.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [adjective] > skilled in seafaring
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1838 H. W. Longfellow Beowulf's Exped. to Heort 41 The warrior showed, Sea-crafty man! The landmarks, And first went forth.
1892 S. A. Brooke Hist. Early Eng. Lit. x. 232 Beowulf and his sea-crafty men.
1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King v. ix. 153 Sea~crafty men of the Ethir gazing southward spoke of a change coming with a fresh wind from the sea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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