单词 | to keep full |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep (her) full 10. Nautical. Of a ship: having her sails filled with wind (cf. sense A. 1d); under full sail (see full sail n. 1a). Esp. in to keep (her) full (frequently in imperative). Now archaic.Earliest in full and by at Phrases 1d. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > keep sails full to keep (her) full1627 c1500 Piers of Fulham (Trin. Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne Anc. Metrical Tales (1829) 129 What worde to sey, he [sc. the loodsman] is in doute, Eyther warae the lof, or ells full and by. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 42 Fill the sailes, keepe full, full and by. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 How Wind you? N.N.E. thus werr no more; no near, keep her full. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Défie du vent You are all in the wind, keep her full! 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. ii. 24 ‘The wind's heading us, Sir,’ said the master; ‘she's full again, now.’ 1848 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 27 May 340/2 ‘Port, port,’ sings out our skipper, ‘keep full.’ 1869 Once a Week 27 Nov. 362/1 The first little flutter of the sail..warned you to ease her off half a point, and remember to keep ‘full’ as well as ‘by’. 1920 Boys' Life June 6/2 Keep her full, matey. And no tricks... What a landfall! 1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour vi. 187 ‘Full. Keep her full, Thompson,’ he said to the helmsman. < as lemmas |
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