| 单词 | to lie at hull |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie at (†a, on, to) hull a. to lie at (†a, on, to) hull (cf. ahull adv.): = hull v.2 1. Also to lie hull, try a hull, strike (a) hull, in kindred sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > lie a-hull to lie at (a, on, to) hull1582 hull1589 strike (a) hull1728 to lie hull1828 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxix. 73 All this time the shippes laye a hull. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 98 We lay at hull about an hour after. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 33 The ship on hull, the helme on lee. 1635 in M. Christy Voy. L. Foxe & T. James (1894) I. 181 He strooke sayle and lay to hulle. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 12 In stormy weather they take down their masts, and fish, the vessel lying at hull. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) To strike a Hull..is to lie closely or obscurely in the Sea in a Storm. 1773 Life N. Frowde 122 Let the Ship drive with the Tempest, and at length, to try a Hull. 1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 184 When she lies hull, that is, with all her sails furled. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) To strike hull in a storm, is to take in her sails and lash the helm on the lee side of the ship, which is termed to lie a-hull. < as lemmas |
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