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单词 single whip
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single 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.
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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.
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