| 单词 | to wash a ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wash a ship c. Nautical. to wash a ship: see quot. Also absol. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > wash other specific things [verb (intransitive)] > wash a ship to wash a ship1644 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 113 To Wash a Ship. That is used at sea, when we cannot come aground, or careene-her: we make her heeled-over with her Ordnance and men, upon the yard-arms to a side, and so wash that side and scrape it (so much as is out of the water, which is commonly some 5, or 6 strakes). 1666 London Gaz. No. 28/3 The Forrester having washed and tallowed here, is gone to her station. 1679 London Gaz. No. 1445/1 They will Wash and Tallow, and then take their course to the Westward. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 235 The Sloop Wash'd and Tallow'd also. < as lemmas |
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