| 单词 | way-end pressure | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasway-end pressure   way-end  n. 		 (a) the end of a railway line, esp. inside a mine (now rare);		 (b) Shipbuilding the end of a launch way for a ship or boat; frequently attributive in  way-end pressure. ΚΠ 1820    Edinb. Encycl. 		(1830)	 XIV. 358/1  				When the distance from the pit bottom became considerable, regular and well laid wooden rail-ways were laid to a point near the wall faces, named the way-end. 1869    W. Barnes Early England & Saxon-English 106  				When the railway was taken into the hands of more learned men, we had..the terminus instead of the rail-end, or way-end, or outending. 1886    J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 72  				Way-end, the inner extremity of the wooden railways formerly used in mines. 1908    Rep. Irruption of Water Brereton Collieries 7 in  Parl. Papers (Cd. 4290) XIX. 623  				He set two props at the way-end, but the roof continued to ‘work’. 1913    Shipbuilder (Ann. Internat. Number) 107/1  				To keep the way-end pressures within moderate limits, ample buoyancy must be given to the stern as it passes over the way ends and enters the water. 1919    Internat. Marine Engin. Feb. 87/2  				In order to determine with accuracy the maximum pressures over the way-end when crushing strips are fitted as above outlined, it will be necessary to calculate the deflection of the vessel. 2001    K. J. Rawson  & E. C. Tupper Basic Ship Theory 		(ed. 5)	 I. viii. 293  				It has been suggested that the simple method predicts way end pressures which are unrealistically low. < as lemmas  | 
	
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