| 单词 | to sink the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sink the wind P4. to sink the wind: (a) Hunting to move downwind so as to avoid being scented; (spec. of a fox) to pass below the line of scent; cf. wind n.1 4; †(b) Falconry (of a bird) to fly beneath the wind in order to catch a rising air current (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > move downwind to sink the wind1776 the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)] to stand, be (abide obs.) at bayc1314 to steal awayc1369 stalla1425 starta1425 rusec1425 beatc1470 lodgec1470 trason1486 rouse1532 angle1575 bolt1575 to take squat1583 baya1657 watch1677 fall1697 tree1699 to go away1755 to sink the wind1776 to get up1787 to go to ground1797 lie1797 to stand up1891 fly1897 1776 G. Cartwright Jrnl. Resid. Coast Labrador 23 June (1792) II. 182 I then got into my kyack, sunk the wind of him [sc. a stag], landed and got a bad shot, but missed him. 1778 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 26 Sept. (1792) II. 374 I saw a large stag upon the south hill..and I let him pass; crossing his route and sinking the wind, I made all possible speed to the foot of Gravel Hills, where I headed him. 1847 R. S. Surtees Hawbuck Grange v. 96 We..found a hare by Clipstone Clump, who went as straight as an arrow to Gatley Coppice, from whence, sinking the wind all the way, she ran to Silverspring. 1886 F. H. Salvin & W. Brodrick Falconry in Brit. Isles Gloss. 153 To sink the wind, to skim near the earth..in order to catch the wind and rise up-wind with it. 1948 F. Pitt Hounds, Horses & Hunting 271 Sink the Wind, to go downwind. < as lemmas |
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