water-cyclen.1
/ˈwɔːtəˌsʌɪkl/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌsaɪk(ə)l/, /ˈwɑdərˌsaɪk(ə)l/ Any of various pedal-powered vehicles designed to travel on water.Formerly used esp. of a vehicle consisting of a bicycle frame mounted on pontoons, with paddles driven by the pedals.
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1885 Boy's Own Paper 28 Feb. 350/3 The new form of water-cycle is thus not so difficult of construction as it may at first sight appear.
1901 Referee 14 Apr. 1 The..water-cycle trio made a record.
1920 Mercury (Hobart) 18 Oct. 5/3 Harold Rigby cycled from Calais to Dover..on a water-cycle of his own design.
1965 U.S. Patent 3,257,987 (heading) Portable, foldable and collapsible water cycle.
2011 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 4 Mar. 1 The American-made watercycle..is a leap ahead in technology from the traditional ‘pedalo’ or pedal-boat found on lakes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
water-cyclev.
/ˈwɔːtəsʌɪkl/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌsaɪk(ə)l/, /ˈwɑdərˌsaɪk(ə)l/ rare.
intransitive. To travel by means of a water-cycle.
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1930 Daily Express 6 Nov. 2/2 Reni Savard..left Calais..yesterday to water-cycle across the Channel.
2011 National (Abu Dhabi) (Nexis) 4 July Zetta Hills..hit the headlines in the 1920s when she tried to ‘watercycle’ across the English Channel.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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v.1930- sea trefoil
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- sea turtle dove
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- sea urchin
- sea venison
- sea victory
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- sea waybill
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- sea wood-borer
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- sea- dove
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- sea-acorn shell
- sea-adder
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