| 单词 | heave and set |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheave and set b. heave and set: to rise and fall, as a floating object upon the waves. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > rise and fall lifta1400 heave and set1509 surge1511 loom1605 senda1625 pitcha1687 tittup1881 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxi. i Quadrant it was, and did heve and sette At every storme whan the wind was great. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 232 Sometimes the one end..sometimes the other..is mounted-up by the waves; and this is called the heaving and setting of a ship. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) When a Ship, being at Anchor, rises and falls by the Force of the Waves, she is also said to Heave and set. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. to heave and set ΚΠ 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1555) xxi. 99 Quadrant it was, and did heve and sette At every storme whan the wind was great. 1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) vi. 26 The Sea..causeth the shippe to heaue, and sette little or much. 1630 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1825) (modernized text) I. 9 This day the ship heaved and set more than before. 1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 60 If the said water be so rough, as that the Vessel heavs and sets. < as lemmas |
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