| 单词 | to touch the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto touch the wind e. Nautical. to touch the wind: to steer a vessel as close to the wind as possible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail close to the wind > as close as possible to touch the wind1568 to pike on the winda1600 1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlvi. 54 Syne treveiss still, and lay abowt, And gar hir top twiche wind and waw. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 37 Touch the wind, and warre no more, is..to bid him at the Helme to keepe her so neere the wind as may be. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 In keeping the Ship near the Wind, these terms are used..Veer no more,..touch the Wind. 1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 177 Touch the wind; that is, keep as close upon the wind as possible. < as lemmas |
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