| 单词 | yardarm and yardarm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyardarm and yardarm ˈyardarm v. (a) yardarm and yardarm (intransitive), to be yardarm and yardarm; also to yardarm it: transferred of persons, to fight at close quarters; (b) transitive to hang (a person) from the yardarm. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight at close quarters to yardarm it1829 infight1916 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > come or be alongside another ship to fall on board (of)1508 to fall aboard——1569 yardarm and yardarm1829 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 358 ‘Long bowls,’ said Curtis to Savage, ‘will not answer: you must yard-arm it with your adversary.’ 1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1900) XIII. 312 They are yard-arm and yard-arming, athwart-hawsing, marlinspiking,..as honest seamen invariably do, in novels. 1902 Munsey's Mag. (U.S.) XXVI. 499/2 I wish to God you'd been yard armed ten years back! yardarm and (or to) yardarm c. adverbial phr. yardarm and (or to) yardarm, said of two ships so near to one another that their yardarms touch or cross. Also yardarm to or with (another ship). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [phrase] > close alongside another ship yardarm and (or to) yardarm1666 1666 London Gaz. No. 60/1 The Saphire and Success..bore in among them, laying yard-arm to yard-arm with the Admiral and Vice-Admiral. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3288/2 They lay Yards-Arm and Yards-Arm for 5 Glasses. 1759 Ann. Reg., Chron. 62/1 The second lieutenant then came upon deck, and fought the ship bravely, yard-arm and yard-arm. 1781 Log of Albemarle 30 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. iii Finding the Albemarle yard-arm with them they submitted. 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote xlvii The old English (and French) method of laying himself yardarm to the enemy, and boarding him suddenly. 1887 W. Besant World Went vi An engagement, yard-arm to yard-arm, with a Frenchman. < as lemmas |
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