goose-wingn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgoose-wing.

1. The wing of a goose. †Sometimes used as a type of what is of trifling value. In quot. 1630 with allusion to the feathers used for arrows.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth

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cherry-stone1607

jiggalorum1613

candle-enda1625

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a hill of beans1863

gubbins1918

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless

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dreck1905

schlock1906

cannon fodder1917

shite1928

skunk1929

crut1937

chickenshit1938

crud1943

Mickey Mouse1958

gick1959

garbo1978

turd1978

pants1994

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun]

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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 36 Thei ne gyueth nouȝte of god one gose wynge.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Lvi He was not able to giue so muche as a gose wynge, for they were none of hys to giue.

1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Bvi They inuent idle othes..by the goose wyng.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 188^v Yf any thing remaine, not washed away, you must sweepe it of with a Goose wyng.

1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie vi. 28 Water foule are not of melancholicke persons to be tasted, except the goosewinges.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 107/1 Search the Chronicles, it is most plaine, That the Goose-wing braue conquests did obtaine.

2. Nautical. (See quots.; cf. goose-quill n. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sides of sail set while middle furled

hullock?a1554

goose-wing1626

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > main fore-sail set on opposite sides

goose-wing1626

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Put out a goose-winge, or a hullocke of a sayle.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 41 For more haste vnparrell the mizen yard and lanch it, and the saile ouer her Lee quarter, and fit Giues at the further end to keepe the yard steady, and with a Boome boome it out; this we call a Goose-wing.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Goose-wings of a sail, the clues or lower corners of a ship's main-sail, or fore-sail, when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. x. 306 Those on deck were..setting the goose wings of the main-sail to prevent the frigate from being pooped a second time.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Goose-wings of a Sail, the situation of a course when the bunt-lines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down...Also applied to the fore and main sails of a schooner or other two-masted fore-and-aft vessel; when running before the wind she has these sails set on opposite sides.

Derivatives

ˈgoose-winged adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > goose-winged

wing-laid1632

wing-and-winga1819

goose-winged1866

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > spread (of sails) > on opposite sides

goose-winged1866

1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe (ed. 2) vi. 108 And the white sails swell towards you, goosewinged, before a flowing breeze.

1869 Mayne Reid's Mag. June 515 We beheld a large ship lying to under goose-winged main-top-sail and storm~stay-sails.

1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. Goose-winged—when the weather clew of a course is down and the lee clew and the buntlines hauled up.

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 61 And the Northern Light stood out again, goose-winged to open sea.

ˈgoose-wing v. to set the sails of a vessel in a ‘goose-wing’ fashion (see n. 2, esp. quot. 1867 at sense 2); in fore-and-aft rig, when running before the wind, to boom out two working sails, one on either side.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with sails set in specific way

veera1625

pinch1704

flap1853

goose-wing1920

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > set sails in specific manner

to boom out1627

boom end1890

goose-wing1920

1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 320/1 An ability to keep clear of shifting sandbanks was deemed of more value than the correct way to ‘goose~wing’ a tattered topsail.

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 103 Goose-wing, sail with mainsail set one side and foresail set the other side, so that one will not blanket the other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

†e. With qualification ( goose-wing, fly's wing) used as a type of something of no value. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless

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a cracked or slit groat1600

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tilta1603

nothing?1608

bauble1609

countera1616

a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620

buttermilk1630

dross1632

paltrement1641

cattle1643

bagatelle1647

nothingness1652

brimborion1653

stuff1670

flap-dragon1700

mud1706

caput mortuuma1711

snuff1778

twaddle1786

powder-post1790

traffic1828

junk1836

duffer1852

shice1859

punk1869

hogwash1870

cagmag1875

shit1890

tosh1892

tripe1895

dreck1905

schlock1906

cannon fodder1917

shite1928

skunk1929

crut1937

chickenshit1938

crud1943

Mickey Mouse1958

gick1959

garbo1978

turd1978

pants1994

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 36 Thei ne gyueth nouȝte of god one gose wynge.

c1450 Mankind 783 in Macro Plays 29 Tysche! a flyes weynge!

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Lvi He was not able to giue so muche as a gose wynge, for they were none of hys to giue.

单词	goose-wing
释义	goose-wingn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgoose-wing. 1. The wing of a goose. †Sometimes used as a type of what is of trifling value. In quot. 1630 with allusion to the feathers used for arrows. 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Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 36 Thei ne gyueth nouȝte of god one gose wynge. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Lvi He was not able to giue so muche as a gose wynge, for they were none of hys to giue. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Bvi They inuent idle othes..by the goose wyng. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 188^v Yf any thing remaine, not washed away, you must sweepe it of with a Goose wyng. 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie vi. 28 Water foule are not of melancholicke persons to be tasted, except the goosewinges. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 107/1 Search the Chronicles, it is most plaine, That the Goose-wing braue conquests did obtaine. 2. Nautical. (See quots.; cf. goose-quill n. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sides of sail set while middle furled hullock?a1554 goose-wing1626 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > main fore-sail set on opposite sides goose-wing1626 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Put out a goose-winge, or a hullocke of a sayle. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 41 For more haste vnparrell the mizen yard and lanch it, and the saile ouer her Lee quarter, and fit Giues at the further end to keepe the yard steady, and with a Boome boome it out; this we call a Goose-wing. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Goose-wings of a sail, the clues or lower corners of a ship's main-sail, or fore-sail, when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. x. 306 Those on deck were..setting the goose wings of the main-sail to prevent the frigate from being pooped a second time. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Goose-wings of a Sail, the situation of a course when the bunt-lines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down...Also applied to the fore and main sails of a schooner or other two-masted fore-and-aft vessel; when running before the wind she has these sails set on opposite sides. Derivatives ˈgoose-winged adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > goose-winged wing-laid1632 wing-and-winga1819 goose-winged1866 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > spread (of sails) > on opposite sides goose-winged1866 1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe (ed. 2) vi. 108 And the white sails swell towards you, goosewinged, before a flowing breeze. 1869 Mayne Reid's Mag. June 515 We beheld a large ship lying to under goose-winged main-top-sail and storm~stay-sails. 1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. Goose-winged—when the weather clew of a course is down and the lee clew and the buntlines hauled up. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 61 And the Northern Light stood out again, goose-winged to open sea. ˈgoose-wing v. to set the sails of a vessel in a ‘goose-wing’ fashion (see n. 2, esp. quot. 1867 at sense 2); in fore-and-aft rig, when running before the wind, to boom out two working sails, one on either side. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with sails set in specific way veera1625 pinch1704 flap1853 goose-wing1920 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > set sails in specific manner to boom out1627 boom end1890 goose-wing1920 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 320/1 An ability to keep clear of shifting sandbanks was deemed of more value than the correct way to ‘goose~wing’ a tattered topsail. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 103 Goose-wing, sail with mainsail set one side and foresail set the other side, so that one will not blanket the other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). > as lemmas goose-wing †e. With qualification ( goose-wing, fly's wing) used as a type of something of no value. Obsolete. 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Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 36 Thei ne gyueth nouȝte of god one gose wynge. c1450 Mankind 783 in Macro Plays 29 Tysche! a flyes weynge! 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Lvi He was not able to giue so muche as a gose wynge, for they were none of hys to giue. extracted from wingn. < n.1377 as lemmas
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goose-wingn.

Derivatives

> as lemmas