| 单词 | dipsy-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdipsy-line Variant of deep sea n. (apparently associated with dip), esp. in dipsy-lead, dipsy-line. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > ocean, open sea, or deep sea room seaeOE seawaya1000 the deepc1000 deptha1382 oceana1387 mid-sea?a1425 profound?a1425 main seaa1530 high seas1566 main1579 main flood1596 the deep1598 deep sea1626 dipsey1626 mid-ocean1697 blue water1803 haaf1809 salt chuck1868 wide1916 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Heaue the lead, try the dipsie line. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 13 Heaving our Dipsy-lead we were in soundings eighty Fathom depth. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow III. viii. 112 I may..as well go down like a dipsey lead. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Dipsy, a term applied, in some parts of Pennsylvania, to the sinker of a fishing-line. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Dipsy, the float of a fishing-line. < as lemmas |
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