stray-linen.

Etymology: < stray adj. (or stray n. 6) + line n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstray-line.

Nautical.

1. (See quot. 1867.)

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > line of > unmarked part

stray-line1703

1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 99 An extraordinary Care ought to be used in heaving the Log, for fear of giving too much Stray-Line in a moderate Gale.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Stray line of the log, about 10 or 12 fathoms of line left unmarked next the log-ship, in order that it may get out of the eddy of the ship's wake before the measuring begins, or the glass is turned.

2. = stray n. 6.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod > deviation of line from perpendicular

straya1665

stray-line1769

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Derive, the stray-line, or allowance made for stray-line, occasioned by a ship's falling to leeward, when sounding, in deep water.

3. Whaling. That part of the tow-line which is in the water when fast to a whale.

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society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > rope or line > in water

stray-line1820

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 232 A portion of five or six fathoms of the line first put into the boat called the ‘stray-line’, is left uncovered, by that which follows.

4. A submerged or floating line fastened at one end only.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > other types of line

ground-linea1450

ledger-line1653

gildert1681

kipping-linec1686

fly-line1706

night line1726

trout-line1789

train line1828

runner1835

salmon line1850

loop-line1859

stray-line1879

dandy-line1882

kelp line1884

cross-line1891

free line1913

flatline1950

multistrand1960

flatliner1984

1879 T. Hardy Distracted Preacher in New Q. Mag. Apr. 349 They'll string the tubs to a stray-line, and sink 'em a little-ways from shore.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	stray-line
释义	stray-linen. Etymology: < stray adj. (or stray n. 6) + line n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstray-line. Nautical. 1. (See quot. 1867.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > line of > unmarked part stray-line1703 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 99 An extraordinary Care ought to be used in heaving the Log, for fear of giving too much Stray-Line in a moderate Gale. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Stray line of the log, about 10 or 12 fathoms of line left unmarked next the log-ship, in order that it may get out of the eddy of the ship's wake before the measuring begins, or the glass is turned. 2. = stray n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod > deviation of line from perpendicular straya1665 stray-line1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Derive, the stray-line, or allowance made for stray-line, occasioned by a ship's falling to leeward, when sounding, in deep water. 3. Whaling. That part of the tow-line which is in the water when fast to a whale. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > rope or line > in water stray-line1820 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 232 A portion of five or six fathoms of the line first put into the boat called the ‘stray-line’, is left uncovered, by that which follows. 4. A submerged or floating line fastened at one end only. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > other types of line ground-linea1450 ledger-line1653 gildert1681 kipping-linec1686 fly-line1706 night line1726 trout-line1789 train line1828 runner1835 salmon line1850 loop-line1859 stray-line1879 dandy-line1882 kelp line1884 cross-line1891 free line1913 flatline1950 multistrand1960 flatliner1984 1879 T. Hardy Distracted Preacher in New Q. Mag. Apr. 349 They'll string the tubs to a stray-line, and sink 'em a little-ways from shore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1703
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