strongbackn.

Brit.

/ˈstrɒŋbak/, U.S.

/ˈstrɔŋˌbæk/,

/ˈstrɑŋˌbæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., back n.¹

Etymology: < strong adj. + back n.¹, in sense 1 with allusion to the strengthening qualities attributed to medicinal infusions made from the plant.

1. Caribbean. Any of several plants used to make medicinal infusions. Cf. strong bark n. at strong adj. Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts

boneworteOE

springworteOE

atterlothec1000

halswortc1000

bruisewortOE

motherworta1200

panax?a1200

bloodworta1300

serpentinea1400

tutsana1400

wartworta1400

wormseeda1400

grace of God?c1400

nailworta1425

Gratia Dei?c1425

sanguinaryc1440

panacea1522

parthenium1548

woundwort1548

wart-weed1573

cardiaca1578

hermodactyl1578

panacea1590

holy seed1597

whitlow-grass1597

feverwort1611

fever and ague root1676

rattlesnake root1682

snake-root1712

cancer root1714

fever-root1739

strongback1739

rheumatism root1835

heal-all1853

wound-weed1857

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant

hyssopc1000

sionc1000

tunhoofc1000

poppyOE

camomilea1300

orobusa1398

tithymala1400

tutsana1400

Thapsiac1400

melissa?a1425

hallelujahc1425

turmeric1538

succory1541

balin1546

English treacle1548

treacle mustard1548

rhabarb1558

Thlaspi1562

treacle clover1562

holy herb1567

lungwort1578

solanum1578

lightwort1587

neezing wort1591

Alexander's Foot1597

burst-wort1597

symphonia1597

wound-herb1597

leper's herb1600

all bones1633

schoenanth1633

nip1651

wound-shrub1659

hermodact1678

jusquiam1727

Algerian tea1728

Australian tea1728

strongback1739

silphium1753

belladonna1788

foxglove1801

ledum1822

yercum1826

lungs of oak1856

strong man's weed1864

conium1866

short-long1871

fever grass1875

1739 Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 350 Pittoniæ similis [frutex]. In the Bahama Islands it is called Strong-back; a Decoction of the Bark is used there to strengthen the Stomach, and restore the Appetite.

1927 M. W. Beckwith Notes Jamaican Ethnobotany 28 Strong-back..For a weak back drink a little as tea each day.

1953 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 10 There are two or three kinds of strong-back (to make strengthening tea).

2000 Amer. Forests (Nexis) 22 Mar. 8 He found 14 new champs, all on Key Largo, with appropriately exotic names like princewood, Bahama strongback, red stopper, and myrtle-of-the-river.

2. Nautical. Any of various strong beams or supports (see quots.).

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull

timber1748

strongback1853

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > windlass > bar to keep chain clear

norman1769

strongback1853

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > bitts or Samson post

bitta1614

Samson's post1769

riding bitt1794

loggerhead1840

strongback1867

snubbing-post1875

snub-post1875

Samson bar1889

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > davit > spar across

strongback1890

1853 Colburn's United Service Mag. July 455 She was then towing us by her stream cable made fast to our stream cable, which was passed through our starboard hawse-hole, and was made fast by a round turn round our fore bitts, and over the strongback.

1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 397 Strong-back, for the Chain Cable.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Strong-back, the same with Samson's post (which see). Also, an adaptation of a strong piece of wood over the windlass, to lift the turns of a chain-cable clear of it.

1890 Cent. Dict. Strong-back,..(a) A piece of wood or iron over the windlass, to trice the chain up to when the windlass is to be used for any purpose. (b) A spar across boat-davits, to which the boat is secured at sea.

1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 176/2 Strongback, a steel (or wood) beam placed across a hatch to support the sections of the hatch covers... A spar lashed to and running between the old style davits to steady them and to aid in controlling and securing the boat.

1953 ‘C. S. Forester’ Hornblower & Atropos xvi. 253 The next morning Hornblower watched launch and longboat start off with strongbacks erected in their sterns, and blocks and tackles rigged on them.

1977 Austral. Sailing Jan. 38/3 The strongback on which the mast is stepped is made as a complete trussed girder beam which is placed as a unit inside the shell.

2008 B. Roberts-Goodson Illustr. Custom Boatbuilding (2013) vi. 130/2 For hulls built upside down, your plans should include details of preparing the base needed to set up the hull frames. This base is either called bed-log or strongback.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	strongback
释义	strongbackn. Brit. /ˈstrɒŋbak/, U.S. /ˈstrɔŋˌbæk/, /ˈstrɑŋˌbæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., back n.¹ Etymology: < strong adj. + back n.¹, in sense 1 with allusion to the strengthening qualities attributed to medicinal infusions made from the plant. 1. Caribbean. Any of several plants used to make medicinal infusions. Cf. strong bark n. at strong adj. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts boneworteOE springworteOE atterlothec1000 halswortc1000 bruisewortOE motherworta1200 panax?a1200 bloodworta1300 serpentinea1400 tutsana1400 wartworta1400 wormseeda1400 grace of God?c1400 nailworta1425 Gratia Dei?c1425 sanguinaryc1440 panacea1522 parthenium1548 woundwort1548 wart-weed1573 cardiaca1578 hermodactyl1578 panacea1590 holy seed1597 whitlow-grass1597 feverwort1611 fever and ague root1676 rattlesnake root1682 snake-root1712 cancer root1714 fever-root1739 strongback1739 rheumatism root1835 heal-all1853 wound-weed1857 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant hyssopc1000 sionc1000 tunhoofc1000 poppyOE camomilea1300 orobusa1398 tithymala1400 tutsana1400 Thapsiac1400 melissa?a1425 hallelujahc1425 turmeric1538 succory1541 balin1546 English treacle1548 treacle mustard1548 rhabarb1558 Thlaspi1562 treacle clover1562 holy herb1567 lungwort1578 solanum1578 lightwort1587 neezing wort1591 Alexander's Foot1597 burst-wort1597 symphonia1597 wound-herb1597 leper's herb1600 all bones1633 schoenanth1633 nip1651 wound-shrub1659 hermodact1678 jusquiam1727 Algerian tea1728 Australian tea1728 strongback1739 silphium1753 belladonna1788 foxglove1801 ledum1822 yercum1826 lungs of oak1856 strong man's weed1864 conium1866 short-long1871 fever grass1875 1739 Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 350 Pittoniæ similis [frutex]. In the Bahama Islands it is called Strong-back; a Decoction of the Bark is used there to strengthen the Stomach, and restore the Appetite. 1927 M. W. Beckwith Notes Jamaican Ethnobotany 28 Strong-back..For a weak back drink a little as tea each day. 1953 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 10 There are two or three kinds of strong-back (to make strengthening tea). 2000 Amer. Forests (Nexis) 22 Mar. 8 He found 14 new champs, all on Key Largo, with appropriately exotic names like princewood, Bahama strongback, red stopper, and myrtle-of-the-river. 2. Nautical. Any of various strong beams or supports (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull timber1748 strongback1853 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > windlass > bar to keep chain clear norman1769 strongback1853 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > bitts or Samson post bitta1614 Samson's post1769 riding bitt1794 loggerhead1840 strongback1867 snubbing-post1875 snub-post1875 Samson bar1889 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > davit > spar across strongback1890 1853 Colburn's United Service Mag. July 455 She was then towing us by her stream cable made fast to our stream cable, which was passed through our starboard hawse-hole, and was made fast by a round turn round our fore bitts, and over the strongback. 1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 397 Strong-back, for the Chain Cable. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Strong-back, the same with Samson's post (which see). Also, an adaptation of a strong piece of wood over the windlass, to lift the turns of a chain-cable clear of it. 1890 Cent. Dict. Strong-back,..(a) A piece of wood or iron over the windlass, to trice the chain up to when the windlass is to be used for any purpose. (b) A spar across boat-davits, to which the boat is secured at sea. 1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 176/2 Strongback, a steel (or wood) beam placed across a hatch to support the sections of the hatch covers... A spar lashed to and running between the old style davits to steady them and to aid in controlling and securing the boat. 1953 ‘C. S. Forester’ Hornblower & Atropos xvi. 253 The next morning Hornblower watched launch and longboat start off with strongbacks erected in their sterns, and blocks and tackles rigged on them. 1977 Austral. Sailing Jan. 38/3 The strongback on which the mast is stepped is made as a complete trussed girder beam which is placed as a unit inside the shell. 2008 B. Roberts-Goodson Illustr. Custom Boatbuilding (2013) vi. 130/2 For hulls built upside down, your plans should include details of preparing the base needed to set up the hull frames. This base is either called bed-log or strongback. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1739
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