单词 | to set on the sea, water, afloat |
释义 | > as lemmasto set on the sea, water, afloat f. to set on the sea, water, afloat, etc.: to launch. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] launch?a1400 puta1450 shoot1487 lance?1518 to set on the sea, water, afloat1559 to set afloat1785 float1885 1559 [see to set afloat (†on float) 1 at Phrasal verbs 2]. 1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 48 They were vndockte, and sette on the water. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. viii. 112 The first Shippe that euer was set a flote, was vppon the red Sea. a1800 Fair Janet i, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. 105 Ye'll build to me a bonnie ship, And set her on the sea. < as lemmas |
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