| 单词 | life mortar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife mortar life mortar n. now historical and rare a mortar for discharging a life rocket to a vessel in distress; cf. life gun n. ΚΠ 1808 Ipswich Jrnl. 27 Feb. 2/5 Captain G. Manby's invention of throwing a rope to a ship stranded on a lee shore..proved the certainty of its never-failing success on the Elizabeth of Plymouth.] 1848 Ipswich Jrnl. 12 Feb. 2 Many clever shots were fired by Lieut. Ramsay from the life mortar of Capt. Manby. 1873 Chambers's Encycl. X. 605/1 In 1807, Captain Manby invented his life-mortar. 1978 Country Life 164 329/2 A year later..a much more terrible wreck in the same place, that of the 589-ton Austrian brig Capricorno.., proved that the ‘life mortar’ had its limitations. < as lemmas |
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