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单词 to house in
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to house in
to house in Obsolete Nautical (a) intransitive (of a ship) to curve or slope inwards above the broadest part and towards the decks (opposed to flare); (b) transitive (in passive) to be constructed so that the upper works are narrower than the lower parts. See also housing in at housing n.1 4a. Obsolete.Cf. homing n. 1, flare v. 4a, tumble v. 11.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > be of specific construction or shape [verb (intransitive)] > have upper works narrower or wider than lower
to house in1627
flare1644
tumblea1687
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 52 Flaring, which is when she is a little howsing in, neere the water, and then the vpper worke doth hang ouer againe.
1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services iv. 132 What do you mean, when you say, a Ship is Housed in?
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Housed She is Housed-in, or Pinched-in too much.
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 165 Tumbling home; when the Ship-side declines from a Perpendicular upwards, or, as some call it, houses in.
1759 News-readers Pocket-bk. 83 When the breadth of a ship's bearing in brought in too narrow to her upper Works, or pinched in too much, she is Housed in.
1809 Brit. Encycl. III. at Flair When a ship is housed in near the water, so that the work above hangs over too much, it is said to flair over.
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