| 单词 | to freshen the nip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto freshen the nip P3. transitive. Nautical. to freshen the nip: to let out or pull in slightly a rope or cable, so as to change the part exposed to stress or chafing at a hole or a point where it is twisted round something; see nip n.3 4a. Also figurative. Also slang: (of a person) to have an alcoholic drink. Cf. to freshen (the) hawse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific way windc1550 heave1626 to round up1766 to veer and haul1769 to freshen the nip1807 single1900 swig1917 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink spirits to freshen the nip1827 grog1833 brandy1836 1807 Naval Chron. 17 385 Then rouse round the stump of the foremast twenty fathoms of cable with three turns, for occasionally veering away, or freshening the nip in the head door. 1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover (1881) iii. 51 Profiting by the occasion ‘to freshen his nip’, as he quaintly called swallowing a pint of rum and water, he continued his narrative. 1841 Southern Literary Messenger 7 764/1 After going into the saloon (grog-shop) to ‘freshen the nip’—as they professionally called taking a glass of brandy and water—they led me into the upper tier of boxes. 1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. lxviii. 9 There wanted what sailors call ‘freshening the nip’. Let us try how the new nip will hold, before we insist too rashly on returning to the old. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 98 Freshen the nip, veer or haul slightly so that a rope may be moved a little. 2016 T. Cunliffe Compl. Ocean Skipper ii. 182 Probably the best advice is to follow the old square-rigged seaman's policy of freshening the nip daily. < as lemmas |
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