| 单词 | single whip | 
| 释义 | > as lemmassingle whip  a.  A simple kind of tackle or pulley, consisting of a single block with a rope rove through it ( single whip); used on board ship, and in mining, etc. for hoisting, esp. light objects.A  double whip,  whip on whip, or  whip and runner consists of a standing block and a running block, the ‘fall’ or rope of the former being attached to the latter.  whip and derry = whipsy-derry n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > 			[noun]		 > tackle > for hoisting light objects whip1769 whipping-hoist1875 whip gina1884 whipping-jigger1895 1769    W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine  				Whip, a sort of small tackle..used to hoist up light bodies, as empty casks, &c. out of a ship's hold, which is accordingly called whipping them up. 1778    W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 179  				In this winding by the whip, a strict attention should be paid to the filling the kibbals to the brim. 1834    F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ix. 149  				He..made a whip, and lowered me on deck. 1846    A. Young Naut. Dict. 367  				Whip-upon-whip, or a double Whip, is one whip applied to the fall of another. 1875    E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.  				Whip and Derry, an arrangement for raising the kibble, by means of a rope merely passing over a pulley and attached to a horse. 1904    W. H. Fitchett Commander of ‘Hirondelle’ xvii. 191  				A whip was being rigged from the mainyard to hoist in the wounded. < as lemmas | 
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