单词 | slow-rowing |
释义 | > as lemmasslow-rowing Of a person that rows: using, or accustomed to using, oars to propel a boat. Also with modifying word, as hard-rowing, slow-rowing, etc.Some quots. may represent the noun used attributively. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [adjective] > rowing rowing1648 1648 Moderate Intelligencer 10 Feb. He having privately agreed with the Rowing slaves, in stead of the Wharfs he was directed unto, put in at Maudlin Bridge. 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 11 The rowing Crew To tempt a Fare, cloath all their Tilts in Blue. a1777 F. Fawkes tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautics (1780) iv. 255 Erect, above the rowing chiefs, he stood. 1889 T. Roosevelt Winning of West I. i. 21 The nameless chiefs who led each his band of hard-rowing, hard-fighting henchmen across the stormy waters. 1895 W. Archer tr. F. Nansen Eskimo Life (ed. 2) ix. 141 An able-bodied young rowing-woman [Norw. roerske] in his boat, an East Greenlander named Kellitiuk, was one day seized [etc.]. 1922 M. Johnston 1492 xl. 284 A canoe, of the mightiest length we had yet seen, long as a tall tree,..with twenty-five rowing Indians. 2007 P. J. Nahin Chases & Escapes iv. 133 It is still possible for a slow-rowing lady to escape. < as lemmas |
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