单词 | to go large |
释义 | > as lemmasto go (sail, etc.) large a. Nautical. With the wind on the quarter or abaft the beam; (also) in or into a course further off, or away from, the wind. Chiefly in to go (sail, etc.) large. Cf. sense A. 18.With reference to sailing further away from the wind, contrasted with by or (formerly) near, nigh.by and large: see by and large adv. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail with wind abaft the beam goOE large1582 to go (sail, etc.) large1615 lask1622 (to go) fluking1840 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 14 Apr. in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) I. 5 You may goe the lardger, and again shorten the southerly course with all aduantage to the E. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 If you weather him..he will laske, or goe large. a1688 Duke of Buckingham Cabin-boy in Wks. (1705) II. 101 He could Sail a Yatcht both nigh and large. 1744 Impartial Jrnl. 2 The Admiral made the Signal for those who lead with the Starboard Tacks, to lead large. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 210 It can only operate to steer a ship large (and that but very wildly). 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 520/1 The best way was to stand out to sea, upon the point we then were; which though two points behind the beam (or large) we found was as near to the wind as, under the circumstances we were in, we could make way to advantage. 1839 T. Hood Pain in Pleasure-boat in Hood's Own 374 Nothing, Ma'am, but a little slop! go large, Bill! keep her full! 1859 J. H. Ward Man. of Naval Tactics i. 10 In this order, whether by the wind on either tack, running free, large, or before it, the fleet is always in a single column, on a line of bearing. 1925 L. Ongley tr. ‘C. Farrère’ Thomas the Lambkin ii. i. 61 The Belle Hermine was sailing large, all sails set save the topgallants. 1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque ii. 40 She had the weather-gage, but the Surprise could almost certainly outsail her going large. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers i. 27 It's a sailing term—you either sail by or sail large. < as lemmas |
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