| 单词 | the fare of messina |
| 释义 | > as lemmasThe Fare of Messina The name of a promontory (marked by a lighthouse) at the entrance of the Strait of Messina. Hence, the strait itself. More fully The Fare of Messina. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > specific strait Hellespont1596 Magellan1596 Magellan straits1613 phare1615 the Sounda1643 belt1644 fare1653 Magellanic Straits1690 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > specific fare1653 the Cape1667 UP1881 1653 H. Appleton Remonstr. Fight Legorn-Road 2 At Naples I made Provision for my Squadron,..passing thence through the Vare of Messina. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 26 A shippe plying to gett into the fare of Messina. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5827/1 Before they could get out of the Phare. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fare,..a Watch-tower at Sea, as the Fare of Messina. 1739 Encour. Sea-f. People 38 He stood in about the Point of the Fare towards Messina. < as lemmas |
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