| 单词 | weatherbow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweather-bow weather-bow v. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxvi. 455 We made but little by weather-bowing the tide. weather-bow weather-bow n. the bow that is turned towards the wind; hence as v. transitive, to turn the weather-bow to. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > turn weather bow to weather-bow1626 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > turned towards wind weather-bow1626 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 18 On the weather bow. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 80 Take a peep over the weather-bow..and tell me what ye see there. < as lemmas |
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