| 单词 | to board it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto board it 5. intransitive. Of a ship: To tack; to sail athwart the wind on alternate sides, so that the general course is against the wind. Also to board to and again, to board it, to board it up. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks to make boards1533 tack1557 traverse1568 ply1589 board1627 tackle1632 busk1635 trip1687 to beat abouta1774 to come about1777 to make short boards1777 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 This we call boording or beating it vp vpon a tacke in the winds eye. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 185 It is well..if we can beat out a storm at sea, with boarding to and again. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iii. 286 They resolved..to bord it till Morning. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 To make a board, or board it up, is to turn to Windward. < as lemmas |
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