单词 | stoak |
释义 | stoakv. Nautical. ? Obsolete. (See quots. a1625, 1644.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice > so as to render watertight caulk?a1500 stoaka1625 stanch1776 a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) When the water cannot come to the well then we say that the Shipp is stoaked. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 102 When the limber-holes, have some ballast, or any thing else got into them, so that the water cannot passe, we say the limbers are Stoaked: also when any thing is gotten in, or about the bottom of the Pump, so that it cannot draw water, we say the Pump is Stoaked. [So 1658 in Phillips; and in later Dicts.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.a1625 |
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