单词 | sternless |
释义 | † sternlessadj. Obsolete. That has no rudder. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having or not having rudder or tiller steerlessc1374 sternlessc1412 rudderless1606 unruddered1687 ruddered1794 tillerless1870 c1412 T. Hoccleve Compl. Virgin (Egerton MS.) xxxii And right as that a schippe, or barge or boot Among the wawes dryveth sterneles [v.r. steerelees]. 1576 S. Gosson Speculum Humanum in H. Kerton tr. Pope Innocent III Mirror Mans Lyfe (new ed.) sig. Kvijv The prime of youth..settes up sayle, and sternlesse ship ysteares. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxxiv. sig. Y8 Drunkennesse, arising from the Grape, is the floating of the sternelesse Sences in a Sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.c1412 |
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