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单词 to turn, wend the luff
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to turn, wend the luff
1. ? Some implement or contrivance for altering the course of a ship. Phrases, to turn, wend the luff (= Anglo-Latin obliquare dracenam), to change one's course; also figurative. Obsolete.Commonly supposed to have been either a rudder or a paddle to assist in steering. Comparison with the various senses which the word has had in English and other languages (see above) suggests that it may have been some kind of machine for operating on the sails.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's mind [phrase]
to pick (also peck) mooda1225
to turn, wend the luff?c1225
to sing another song or a different tune1390
to waive (one's) wit1390
to change one's minda1500
to change (turn, alter) one's copy1523
to turn (one's) tippet1546
to change one's note1560
to shift hands1611
to face about1645
to change (swap) horses in midstream (while crossing a stream)1864
to sing another tune1890
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about
to turn, wend the luff?c1225
to turn (the) wind14..
to go about1588
veera1653
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > helm > other devices or machines for steering
luff?c1225
telemotor1880
quartermaster1882
manoeuvrer1889
steerer1889
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 82 Hu sweteliche þe spus spekeð & cleopeð þe to him swa luueliche þer efter hu he went þe lof & spekeð swiðe grimliche ȝef þu ut wendest.
a1259 M. Paris Chron. Majora (Rolls) III. 29 Perrexerunt igitur audacter, obliquando tamen dracenam, id est loof, acsi vellent adire Calesiam.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15435 Heo rihten heore loues and up droȝen seiles.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10453 Heo wenden heore lofes [c1300 Otho loues] & liðen toward londe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3919 Heo scuuen ut heore lof & læiden to þon londe.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12088 Somme aforced þe wyndas, Somme þe loof [Petyt MS. lofe], somme þe bytas [Fr. 11491 Li un s'esforcent al vindas, Li autre al lof et al betas].
a1400 Coer de L. 71 And her loof and her wyndas Off asure forsothe it was.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 744 Tytt saillez to þe toppe, and turnez the lufe.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 106 Þay layden in on ladde-borde & the lofe wynnes [? read wyndes].
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 38 Chenes for the Loves..j.
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