单词 | unseaworthy |
释义 | unseaworthyadj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable walt1539 crank-sided1626 crank1696 walty1702 over-floaty1705 lopsided1711 tender1723 innavigable1755 unseaworthy1820 sick1854 cranky1861 1820 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (ed. 3) I. at Insurance A ship..sailed on her voyage in an unseaworthy state. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxvi. 538 Drowning men clinging to unseaworthy spars. 1896 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Sowers xxxiv A sailor never believes that his own ship is unseaworthy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1820 |
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