| 单词 | to fore-reach upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fore-reach upon 1. intransitive. To shoot ahead. Also, to fore-reach on, to fore-reach upon (see quot. 1644). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > shoot ahead fore-reach1644 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 42 When two ships saile together, or after one another, she which sailes best (that is fastest) doth Fore-reach upon the other. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 163 We found that we had both weathered and fore-reached upon her considerably. 1800 C. Sturt in Naval Chron. 4 394 Mr. Weld's cutter fore~reached, but I gained to windward. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xiii. 226 She..had forereached on us so far as to be well before our beam by this time. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 106 Fore-reach, to shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. < as lemmas |
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