| 单词 | to have west in it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (or with) west in it b. = westing n. 4. Only in to have (or with) west in it. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > direction from which wind blows > specific north-north-east1601 west1828 southerly1837 1828 J. Ross Treat. Navigation by Steam vii. 144 All steam ships or vessels going up a river, or if at sea, steering on any point of the compass which has West in it..to sound drums for two minutes. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. viii. 227 Some nautical authority had told me a day or two previous, ‘anything with west in it, will do’. 1872 Once a Week 9 Mar. 241/2 The worst wind that ever blew—which is due east, without a puff of west in it—won't harm you if you turn your back on it. 1935 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1932–3 33 10 No wind with west in it could well be characterised as favourable for a run to Pylos from any of the havens in Leucas. < as lemmas |
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