单词 | to weather along |
释义 | > as lemmasto weather along 5. intransitive. to weather along, †to weather it on: to sail or make headway in spite of wind and weather. Also to weather her way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind laveer1598 to weather it on1599 beat1677 to beat up1720 to weather along1836 thrash1855 thresh1857 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 [All] that euer Yarmoth vnshelled or ingendred to weather it on till they lost the North-starre. 1836 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1866) III. 91 I have ever since made my calculations to ‘weather along’, as the sailors say, for some time to come, without any of the funds I have invested. 1881 J. K. Scott Galloway Gleanings 14 See the ‘Press Home’ steerin' strecht for lan', Will she weather her way to the shore? < as lemmas |
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