单词 | all in the wind |
释义 | > as lemmasall in the wind a. In (or into) the direction from which the wind is blowing; to windward: (a) in reference to something which can be scented or perceived by means of the wind blowing from where it is (cf. 4, and see also 21b below); (b) in nautical use; also all in the wind (see quot. 1769). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > perceptible by scent in the windc1425 olfactiblec1705 sniffable1975 the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards wind direction to the windc1330 to (the) windwardc1550 with the wind1577 in the wind1580 to the weatherward1589 up (the) wind1611 down (the) winda1616 windward1690 weatherly1708 up-wind1838 into the wind1918 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > sails parallel to direction of wind all in the wind1769 c1425 [see sense 27]. 1580 H. Smith in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 474 Wee had a ledge of rockes in the winde of vs. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxiv. 130 He cut and made his course into the Sea, to bring himselfe in the winde of those Sayles. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. v. 56 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) O how she holds her nose up like a Jennet I' th' wind of a Grass-mare! 1692 J. Dryden All for Love (new ed.) Pref. sig. b3 The Tyrants were suspicious, as they had reason, that their Subjects had 'em in the wind. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3262/3 It blowing fresh, and they bringing their Ship in the Wind, carried away their Foretop-mast. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical i. 3 Like a heated Stallion that had a Mare in the Wind. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine All in the wind, the state of a ship's sails when they are parallel to the direction of the wind, so as to shake and shiver. 1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome iii. 175 I did not think..I was so much in drink! But now by th'holy smut I find That cursedly I'm in the wind. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 269 We threw up in the wind, and raked them. < as lemmas |
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