单词 | to clap on a wind |
释义 | > as lemmasto clap on (or by) a wind ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward luff1390 to spring one's luff1591 to clap on (or by) a wind1627 to close the wind1673 to haul the (her, our, etc.) wind1726 to come up1743 to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 If hee clap close by a wind. 1673 Relation Re-taking St. Helena 4 They clapped by a Wind, and We after them. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4422/7 They clapp'd again upon a Wind and left us. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 307 Fearing she was one of the Enemy's men of war, I clapp'd on a wind. < as lemmas |
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