单词 | lugger |
释义 | luggern.1 One who lugs; spec. an oarsman who depends on mere strength. Also in beef lugger, ship lugger. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman > oarsman who depends on strength lugger1881 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tireur, a drawer, puller,..lugger, tugger. 1881 Daily News 14 Feb. 5/5 His Australian competitor, though by no means such a mere ‘lugger’ as his country~man Trickett, trusts much less to..mechanical finish. 1904 Sun (N.Y.) 5 Aug. 1 It was reported that beef luggers in all the cold storage plants were to be called out. 1904 Sun (N.Y.) 11 Aug. 3 The men who are called ship luggers, and who load meat aboard the steamships. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). luggern.2 a. (See quot. 1867.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > lugger lugger1757 1757 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 45/2 On the 25th inst. a French lugger drove a vessel ashore at Hastings. 1795 Hull Advertiser 25 July 2/4. 1809 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 317 In a general impressment..it cost the nation, in cutters, luggers, press-gangs,..a hundred pounds for every man they obtained. 1817 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 385 He..is as slow getting under way, as a Dutch lugger. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow xxx The lugger pulled eighteen oars, was clinker built, and very swift. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lugger, a small vessel with..four-cornered cut sails, set fore and aft, and [sic] may have two or three masts. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 217 I am captain of the lugger you see yonder. b. attributive (appositive) and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1801 Nelson in A. Duncan Life (1806) 194 Flats (lugger-rigged). 1819 J. H. Vaux Memoirs I. 70 A beautiful French lugger privateer, of fourteen guns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † luggerv. Obsolete. transitive. a. To drag or carry about. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > draw along or haul [verb (transitive)] > of a person lugger1654 lurry1664 tug1710 traipse1814 traverse1814 trudge1883 schlep1911 trascine1922 the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > about toilc1300 to-tollc1325 to-lug1362 to-halea1387 toze14.. tugglec1440 to-drawc1450 behale1574 lugger1654 1654 R. Flecknoe Ten Years Trav. 78 Apes which had young, with 2 or 3 claspt about their neck,..which they went thus luggering, till [etc.]. 1679 J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman iii. 32 When e're I see Authority, Lugger a heavy Fool upon her Sholders Before me. b. To tease. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex > tease tease1627 rag1749 lugger1782 gammon1801 tig1805 fun1811 run1828 ride1891 rawhide1895 to bust (a person's) chops1953 stir1972 to pull a person's chain1975 1782 E. Blower George Bateman II. 174 The child don't like to lugger folks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11611n.21757v.1654 |
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