单词 | bruisewater |
释义 | > as lemmasbruisewater bruisewater n. depreciative a slow-moving boat with bluff (bluff adj. 1a) bows; cf. to bruise the water at Phrases. ΚΠ 1851 N. Amer. & U.S. Gaz. 25 Apr. First class clippers..as far superior to the far-famed old class of Baltimore clippers as an American Liverpool liner is to an old British bruisewater. 1970 E. J. Marsh Inshore Craft Great Brit. I. iv. 136 A poor [Yorkshire] sailing coble was a ‘bruzwater’, only bruising the water, not slipping through it. 2007 H. Roberts Basic Essent. Backpacking (ed. 3) ii. 19 I'll paddle the quick canoe that weighs under 50 pounds, even if it might be a hair less rugged than a plastic bruisewater. < as lemmas |
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