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to row dry

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P1. to row against the (wind and) tide (also stream, flood, etc.): to row in the opposite direction to the elements; (frequently figurative) to undertake a difficult or arduous task; to work in adverse circumstances, or in the face of opposition.Cf. to swim against the stream or the tide at swim v. 1c.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > have to contend with difficulties
to row against the (wind and) tide (also stream, flood, etc.)c1230
to have a tough (hard, long, etc.) row to hoe1810
to spell baker1868
to bat (also play) on a sticky wicket1930
OE Maxims I 185 Werig sceal se wiþ winde roweþ.]
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 58 Ȝe as ȝe wulleð waxen & nawt wenden hindward sikerliche ȝe moten rowen aȝein stream wið muchel swinc breoken forð.
a1250 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Maidstone) (1955) 85 (MED) Sorwe hit is to rowen [a1275 Trin. Cambr. roȝen, a1300 Jesus Oxf. reowe] awen [read aȝen] þe se-flode.
c1330 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 141 (MED) Who-so roweþ aȝein þe flod, Off sorwe he shal drinke.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 1781 (MED) Betre is to wayte upon the tyde Than rowe ayein the stremes stronge.
a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 7003 (MED) He þat loueþ þere þat is hat, Aȝenst þe streem he roweþ sore.
c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 491 (MED) I woll no more row ageyn þe floode.
1677 A. Horneck Great Law of Consideration vi. 345 He that can row against the Stream, may with greater facility row with it.
1679 W. Petty in E. Fitzmaurice Life Sir W. Petty (1895) 244 I have been travailing in dark dirty crooked ways, and have been rowing against wind and tide.
1786 T. Morell tr. Seneca Epist. II. cxxii. 357 Life is nothing else but rowing against the stream [L. non alia vita est quam contra aquam remigantibus].
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iv I am not going to be fool enough to row against wind and tide too.
1917 Oregon Hist. Soc. Jrnl. 18 80 During this day they had constantly rowed against the stream, having increased their distance only 12 miles up the river.
2008 S. Rushdie Enchantress of Florence (2009) 95 Always rowing against the tide, eh, Birbal... Now that he is exonerated, your doubts move against him.
P2. to row past (also beyond) one's reach: to attempt more than one can manage or achieve. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > attempt more than one can do
to row past (also beyond) one's reach1557
to have a tiger by the tail1972
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Q.iiv I rowe not so farre past my reache.
1575 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 131 Hold wyth the head, and row not past thy reach.
1585 A. Bourcher in R. Edwards Paradyse Daintie Devises (new ed.) sig. D Perhaps you think me bolde that dare presume to teache, As one yt runns beyond his race, & rowes beyond his reach.
1604 J. Hind Lysimachus & Varrona sig. n4 I would wish my gallant youthes..not to row past their reach.
P3. to row guard (also †the rounds): to perform guard duty in a boat; (in early use esp.) to make a circuit of the warships in a harbour.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > organize naval affairs, etc. [verb (intransitive)] > do rounds
to row guard (also the rounds)1756
1756 Log ‘Tyger’ 30 Dec. in S. C. Hill Bengal (1905) 10 Rowed guard. At half past 3 the guard boat fired two muskets and burnt a false fire as an alarm.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Guard-boat, a boat appointed to row the rounds amongst the ships of war which are laid up in any harbour.
1845 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. No. 11. 639 Next day the boats of the Thunderbolt rowed guard and prevented any landing.
1903 G. E. Belknap in F. S. Hill Twenty-six Hist. Ships 346 A powerful search-light was kept in operation all night, and boats rowed guard on moonless nights.
1992 P. O'Brian Truelove (1993) 62 They were within a mile of the Hermione, when they were seen by two Spanish gunboats rowing guard.
P4. to row dry.
a. To row without splashing water into the boat with the oars. row dry! (Nautical): a command to row in this manner. Now historical.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > row > row in specific manner or style
sheave1611
to pull away1676
paddle1697
to stretch one's oars1697
to stretch to the oar (or stroke)1697
to row dry1769
to stretch out1836
screw1866
bucket1869
to pull one's weight1878
sky1881
to wash out1884
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Nage sec, row dry! the order to row without wetting the passengers.
1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. I. xi. 328 Row dry, boys!—lay on! Pull two, back three!
1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days (1999) i. 7 Bonden shoved off, said ‘Give way’, and with exact timing, rowing dry with long grave strokes, they pulled the barge.
b. To perform the action of rowing without the oars touching the water (through incompetence, or as an exercise, punishment, etc.). Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > row > pretend to row
to row dry1834
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ix. 143 ‘There's that fellow Jones..never touching the water all the while... He's rowing dry, your honour—only making bilave.’
1866 Student & Schoolmate 17 85 Some ‘rowed dry’ and ‘caught crabs’, and some knocked the backs and elbows of their companions.
1890 Cent. Dict. at word To row dry... To go through the motions of rowing in a boat swung at the davits of a ship, as a sailor in punishment for some offense connected with boats or rowing.
P5. to look one way and row another (also to row one way and look another): to say one thing while thinking or doing another; to be duplicitous, hypocritical, or double-dealing. Now rare.Common in the 17th cent., often with similative or allusive reference to rowers (here esp. the Thames watermen) facing backwards while moving forwards.
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1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Pv And so imitate the waterman whiche lookethe one waye, and roweth another.
1610 S. Rowlands Roome for Messe of Knaues sig. Bv Hee's a dogged knaue, and will bite before he barke... His deuise is, a Waterman, looking one way and rowing another.
a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) sig. G4v Now in good sooth my Lord, shee has but vs'd you As watermen use their fares, for shee look'd one way, And row'd another.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 138 My Great Grand-father was but a Water-man, looking one way, and Rowing another; and I got most of my Estate by the same occupation. View more context for this quotation
1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 650 Certain it was that in her Court there were persons that looked one way and rowed another.
1802 L. Chester Federalism Triumphant iv. 35 I'm tired to death of these Waterman politicians, looking one way and rowing another, in religion or politics.
1937 R. W. Winston It's Far Cry iii. xxvi. 344 Southern leaders should not be forced to row one way and look another.
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a. to row in the same (also in one) boat: (of two or more people) to be engaged in the same project or scheme; to share a common outlook or situation. Cf. to be in the same boat at boat n.1 Phrases 3a.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)]
jousta1325
ally?a1400
joinc1400
associe1441
confederc1460
to stick together1525
band1530
to join forces1560
colleaguec1565
alliance1569
to enter league1578
unite1579
interleague1590
confederate1591
to join hands1598
combine1608
injointa1616
combinda1626
bandy1633
comply1646
federate1648
leaguea1649
associate1653
coalesce1657
to understand each other1663
sociate1688
to row in the same (also in one) boat1787
rendezvous1817
to make common cause (with)1845
to sing the same song1846
cahoot1857
to gang up1910
jungle1922
1787 Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court Feb. 280 If you will row in one boat with us, and become an accomplice of mine, I will put some hundreds in your way.
1801 G. Hanger Life II. 347 This society (pardon the vulgarity of the expression!) all rowed in one boat, passing bills from one to the other.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 202 Row in the boat, to go snacks or have a share in the benefit arising from any transaction to which you are privy.
1962 F. O'Connor Let. 6 Sept. in Habit of Being (1979) 491 If I can lay my hands on it, I will send you an article about him and St. Thomas in which they are rowing in the same boat.
2007 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 21 Dec. sp 2 All the players..that made the list..have been added to the bad books... You are all now rowing in the same boat.
b. slang (chiefly British and Irish English). to row in: to join in (or, occasionally, thrust oneself into) some scheme, conspiracy, or project; to combine forces with some person or group.
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society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate [verb (intransitive)]
conjoin1532
conspirea1538
concurc1550
co-operate1604
coadjute1612
coacta1616
to jump in quilla1616
co-operate1616
co-opere1663
to pull together1772
rally1792
to row in1861
collaborate1871
to play ball (with)1903
to play along1929
play1937
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour III. 67 There was three of us rowed in with it [sc. the making and selling of Guy Fawkes figures], so we got a few shillings a-piece.
1897 Daily Tel. 12 Feb. 5/7 It's very likely the sellers..are anything but satisfied with the results of sales by auction where a ‘knock-out’ is arranged, and especially where the auctioneer ‘rows in’ with the crew.
1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack xvi. 202 I think these boys had better row in with us... We may as well stick together.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vii. 194 What if they try to row in?
1998 E. MacDermott Clann na Poblachta v. 66 ‎Some of the Independents would have to row in with them..to make up the required numbers.
P7. Nautical. rowed of all!: a command to cease rowing and ship oars. Now archaic and historical.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [phrase] > order to cease rowing
rowed of all!1802
1802 N. Salmon Boyer's Royal Dict. (rev. ed.) at Row Rowed of all, lève rames.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xi. 172 ‘In bow—rowed of all.’ The boat was laid alongside.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 583 Rowed of all, the orders for the rowers to cease, and toss their oars into the boat simultaneously, in naval style.
1904 G. Cross Auotbiogr. Stage Coachman I. vi. 112 ‘In bow—rowed of all’, said I, as the well-manned boat glided silently to the foot of the stairs.
1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) 206Rowed of all’, cried Reade at last, and the bargemen tossed their oars into the boat, Navy-fashion.
P8.
a. to row (a person) up Salt River: see salt river n. 2b.
b. U.S. slang to row (a person) up: to subject (a person) to severe verbal castigation or abuse. Obsolete. [J. R. Bartlett in Dict. Americanisms (1848) says the phrase ‘is an essential Westernism, and [is] derived from the practice of making refractory slaves or servants row up..heavy keelboats..against the current... It was thus regarded as a punishment.’ But compare row v.6 3 in the same sense, with which there may have been some confusion.]
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely
dressc1405
wipe1523
to take up1530
whip1530
to shake upa1556
trounce1607
castigatea1616
lasha1616
objurgate1616
thunderstrike1638
snub1672
drape1683
cut1737
rowa1798
score1812
to dress down1823
to pitch into ——1823
wig1829
to row (a person) up1838
to catch or get Jesse1839
slate1840
drop1853
to drop (down) to or on (to)1859
to give (a person) rats1862
to jump upon1868
to give (a person) fits1871
to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880
lambaste1886
ruck1899
bollock1901
bawl1903
scrub1911
burn1914
to hang, draw, and quarter1930
to tear a strip off1940
to tear (someone) off a strip1940
brass1943
rocket1948
bitch1952
tee1955
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1838 J. R. Lowell in Outlook (1898) 58 338 When I recite Locke, he [sc. the tutor] generally spends three quarters of the time in endeavoring to row up that delectable writer.
1845 N.Y. Tribune 10 Dec. in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1848) at To row up We should really like, of all things, to row up the majority of Congress as it deserves in regard to the practice.
1850 J. R. Lowell in H. E. Scudder James Russell Lowell (1901) I. 303 I am tired of controversy, and, though I have cut out the oars with which to row up my friend Bowen, yet I have enough to do.
P9. to row (a competitor) to a standstill: see standstill n. 2.
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