Nautical. To aim wide of (the mark) on the windward side. Obsolete. rare.
| 单词 | θ164652 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > aim (gun) > in specific manner (4) weather1588 Nautical. To aim wide of (the mark) on the windward side. Obsolete. rare. lead1892 To aim in advance of. poke1898 transitive. Shooting. To aim (a gun) at a moving target before firing, as opposed to swinging and firing in one movement. Now usually intransitive. walk1944 With a thing as object. transitive. To swing (a gun) so as to describe a straight line on the target with successive hits. |
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