| 单词 | box and needle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbox and needle ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > box or binnacle box1420 binnacle1622 kettle1867 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass compass?1518 dial1523 shipman's card1530 nautical compass1552 mariner's compass1594 pyx1686 pyxis1686 box and needle1753 magnetic compass1838 1420–1 ( Foreign Acct. 8 Henry V (P.R.O.: E 364/54) m. 4 dorso vj rolles de Teldes, j kettill, j dioll, j Boxe, ij plumb.', v lanternis. a1422 in N. H. Nicolas Hist. Royal Navy (1847) II. 445 (MED) [A balinger had] j dioll, j compasse, j boxe. 1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 105 If the ship turne anything about, the boxe of the compasse must also be turned. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Box and Needle, an Instrument used in surveying of Land, and finding out the situation of any side, by pointing one end of its needle towards the North. 1718 S. Switzer Ichnographia Rustica II. (Index) sig. Tv Box and Needle for Surveying. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Box and Needle, in Navigation, is the same with the compass. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo ii. viii. 248 The vivid flare of a match, disclosed to the toiling Decoud the eagerness of his face, bent low over the box of the compass. < as lemmas |
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