单词 | to toss oars |
释义 | > as lemmasto toss oars a. To throw or jerk up suddenly without letting go; †spec. to brandish (arms) (obsolete). to toss oars, ‘to throw them up out of the rowlocks, and raise them perpendicularly an-end’ (Adm. Smyth). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use or wield (a weapon) [verb (transitive)] > brandish shakec1000 wevec1325 brandisha1340 flourishc1384 toss1590 wave1609 society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > row > slacken speed or stop > raise oars out of water to rest (also lie) on one's oars1726 to toss oars1830 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G5 Sword,..speare,.. Where haue yee left your lord, that could so well you tosse? 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 37 The good Picquier ought to learne to tosse his pike well. 1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §11 More fit..to lift a pitchforke then to tosse a pike. 1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast vi. 6 Behold how they toss their Torches on high. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 323 Paris thy Son, and Sparta's King advance, In measur'd Lists to toss the weighty Lance. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. x. 143 The boats' crews tossed their oars while the cheers were given. 1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 181 The junior salutes the senior, if the latter be royalty, or a flag-officer, by tossing oars. < as lemmas |
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