单词 | to house in |
释义 | > as lemmasto house in ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > be of specific construction or shape [verb (intransitive)] > have upper works narrower or wider than lower to house in1627 flare1644 tumblea1687 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 52 Flaring, which is when she is a little howsing in, neere the water, and then the vpper worke doth hang ouer againe. 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services iv. 132 What do you mean, when you say, a Ship is Housed in? 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Housed She is Housed-in, or Pinched-in too much. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 165 Tumbling home; when the Ship-side declines from a Perpendicular upwards, or, as some call it, houses in. 1759 News-readers Pocket-bk. 83 When the breadth of a ship's bearing in brought in too narrow to her upper Works, or pinched in too much, she is Housed in. 1809 Brit. Encycl. III. at Flair When a ship is housed in near the water, so that the work above hangs over too much, it is said to flair over. < as lemmas |
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