| 单词 | seize up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto seize up ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > set or spread (sails) > raise (sail or yard) windc1275 to hoise sail1490 to seize upc1540 hoisen1553 tauntc1579 ride1880 up1890 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3241 Þai shot into shippe..sesit vp þere sailes, set hom to wyndes. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4619 All the company..knyt vp hor ancres, Sesit vp hor sailes in a sad hast. to seize up b. To fasten (two ropes or parts of a rope) together, or to attach (a rope) to something else, by binding with marline, yarn, or the like. to seize up: to fasten (a man) by the wrists to the shrouds, in preparation for a flogging.[A use of French saisir; the proximate source may be Dutch seizen; the word was adopted in other Germanic languages: German seisen, Swedish sejsa, Danish seise. The use 7c seems unconnected.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > bind or fasten to turn in?1537 frap1548 reeve1627 seize1644 nip1670 marl1704 marline1706 clinch1780 nipper1794 clench1803 to turn in1834 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge > fasten before whipping to seize up1817 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. To Sease or Seasing, is to make fast..any roapes together with some small roape~yarne, marling or any line. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 486/2 By the time the new breechings were all seized, I was got almost along side the Trident. 1778 H. Foord Let. 31 Oct. in Trans. Soc. Arts (1784) 2 215 I still fix the line to the Harpoon..with the addition of what I call a Snap Gammet, which Gammet is made of rattlin line, traverses in the Harpoon, next the breech, and is sized to the line about two feet from the end or noose, with about eight turns of Whale line yarn; which Gammet or sizeing, puts the line in motion, and breaks, but does not hurt the line. 1817 W. Mariner & J. Martin Acct. Natives Tonga Islands I. 4 They were seized up and received a dozen lashes each. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xv. 125 Sam..was seized up, as it is called, that is, placed against the shrouds, with his wrists made fast to the shrouds, his jacket off, and his back exposed. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 183 Boat-hooks fitted with a stout lanyard, ending in an eye, secured to the hook, and seized two-thirds down the staff. 1895 Outing 26 47/1 Next, seize the luff of the sail to the mast hoops with marline. < as lemmas |
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