| 单词 | to cut a feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut a feather 38. to cut a feather: extracted from cutv.ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > pursue subtleties [verb (intransitive)] windc1386 subtlec1390 subtilea1450 subtilize1592 to cut a feathera1634 to split a hair or hairs1674 to split straws1674 to split words1674 Thomisticate1730 subtlize1821 a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 169 Nor seeke..with nice distinctions, to cut a Feather [with the Schoolemen]. 1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 317 Men who..have not the skill to cut a feather. b. Nautical. Of a ship: To make the water foam before her. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly crowd937 runOE boom1617 to cut a feather1627 with a bone in her mouth (also teeth)1627 snore1830 spank1835 ramp1856 to step out1884 foot1892 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 10 If the Bow be too broad, she will seldome..cut a feather, that is, to make a fome before her. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To cut a Feather, when a ship has so sharp a bow that she makes the spray feather in cleaving it. < as lemmas |
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