| 单词 | to cast, heave the lead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast, heave the lead a. A ‘bob’ or lump of lead suspended by a string to ascertain the depth of water; a sounding-lead. Phrases, to cast, heave the lead. to arm the lead: to fill the hollow in the lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867 s.v. Arm). †Also, the leaden sinker of a net. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass > lead as type of leadc1440 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod > weight on sounding-line plummetc1384 leadc1440 sounding-lead1485 sinking lead1648 blue pigeon1818 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > weight > [noun] plumbc1450 plummet1577 leada1609 sinker1785 swan-shot1856 sinkstone1857 net sinker1865 net-weight1865 sink1865 bullet1867 block-shot1883 shotting1979 c1440 York Myst. ix. 199 I sall caste leede and loke þe space. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1440 Cast a led, & In vs gyde. a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xix. sig. B4 Then on that Linke hang Leads of euen waight. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Heaue the lead. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 1187 Their leede ay..Might warne them. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms xxv. 1 The best heart is lumpish, and naturally beareth downward, as the poise of a clock, as the lead of a net. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 13 I sent my shalloppes out with leades to sound the depth. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Sounding Sounding with the hand-lead..is called heaving the lead by seamen. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. iv. 71 A man..lowering down the lead, sounded in seven fathoms. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxv. 249 We ran through the Swin by the lead. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 248 The lead used..was the ordinary hand-lead of 9 lbs. instead of the deep sea-lead of 28 to 32 lbs. < as lemmas |
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