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单词 to well the ship
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to well the ship
2. transitive. Nautical. to well the ship: to build a partition within a ship in order to confine a leak (see quot. 1820). to well out: to isolate (a hole) by this method. rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > stop a leak in specific way
fother1789
to shut up1805
to well the ship1820
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 450 To well the ship.—This operation [for stopping a leak], consisting in the building of a bulk-head or partition on the fore part of the leak, and caulking it, so as to confine the water within it.
1863 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 9 Oct. 736/1 I determined..to ‘well out’ any hole which might be made by striking on rocks.
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