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单词 to steer large
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to steer large (or small)
e. to steer large (or small): see quots. 18671, 18672.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > steer [verb (intransitive)] > steer in specific manner
to steer large (or small)1834
1834 M. Scott Cruise of Midge v, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 32/2 The frigate was steering large, about a mile on our lee-bow.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 319 To steer small, means to steer steadily without putting the helm too much to either side. To steer large, is the reverse.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Steer Large, to go free, off the wind. Also, to steer loosely.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Steer Small, to steer well and within small compass, not dragging the tiller over from side to side.
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