单词 | boatswain's call |
释义 | > as lemmasboatswain's call C1. In genitive compounds denoting the whistle traditionally used by a boatswain or the call made upon it, esp. to summon the crew, as boatswain's call, boatswain's pipe, boatswain's whistle. Cf. bosun n. Compounds 1, pipe n.1 1d. ΚΠ 1606 H. Roberts Most Royall & Honourable Entertainement Christiern IV 7 The company was by the Boatswains whistles called vp. 1631 Orders & Articles 7 May in L. Foxe North-west Fox (1635) 174 At the Boatswaines Call, all the whole Company shall appeare above Dicke. 1697 J. Tutchin Search Honesty v. 16 The Boatswain's whistle, and they Man the Side. 1738 G. Lillo Marina ii. i. 26 The shrill whistle of the boatswain's pipe. 1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) i. 37 Thrice with shrill note the boatswain's whistle rung. 1779 St. Cecilia 179 Harder yet, it yet blows harder, Now again the boatswain's call. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvii. 299 She..showed..everything man-of-war fashion, except that there was no boatswain's whistle. 1895 Argosy Dec. 233/2 He heard..the trill of the boatswain's whistle. 1905 J. Masefield Sea Life Nelson's Time v. 132 At half past seven, the sleepers were roused from their blankets by the boatswain's pipe. 1987 W. Golding Close Quarters 116 The boatswain's call haunted me after the funeral of porr Colley. 2009 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 9 Nov. 6 The boatswain's whistle, which dates back to either the 15th or 16th century was found..on land near Melbourne in August last year. < as lemmas |
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