单词 | waterwards |
释义 | waterwardsn.adv. = waterward n. Obsolete. into (or out of) the waterwards: into (or out of) the water. ΚΠ c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 3681 Þre þousande of þoo comen..To waterwardes [a1425 Linc. Inn To waterward] wiþ swerdes egge. 1578 W. Bourne Treasure for Traueilers iv. ix. f. 17 Howe to lyft her higher out of the waterwards, vntyl the shyppe is sufficiently out of the water. 1578 W. Bourne Treasure for Traueilers iv. ix. f. 19 [It] doth charge the Shippe with a double waight or burthen, to preasse it into the waterwardes. B. adv. Towards the water. ΚΠ 1848 H. S. Sutton Clifton Grove Garland 6 Waterwards stooped a willow there, and bore Its elbowed root a-kimbo from the shore. 1865 Cassell's Illustr. Family Paper 30 Sept. 125/3 One boatman gets in and takes the sculls in hand, and the other gives it a push waterwards. 1903 W. S. Blunt Seven Golden Odes iv. 27 All their will to win there speeding them waterwards. 1971 Colorado Q. Winter 259 She dug her heels protestingly into the sand as they dragged her waterwards. 2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Travel section) 14 You can verify your vertigo by leaning over a rail and looking waterwards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adv.c1400 |
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