单词 | mete-stick |
释义 | † mete-stickn. Nautical. Obsolete. rare. A staff attached to a board, and used in the hold for measuring, and for levelling ballast. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > other equipment rack1691 ice hook1694 searcher1775 fumigation-lamp1815 mete-stick1815 boat axe1820 devil's claw1833 telegraph1842 boat slide1854 anchor ball1858 umbrella warping1867 anchor ball1942 coffee grinder1952 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Mete-stick, a staff of a certain length, fixed on a broad board at right angles, in order to..determine the necessary height of a hold, and to level the ballast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1815 |
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