单词 | to weigh against |
释义 | > as lemmasto weigh against ΘΚΠ the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)] > move with to weigh with1553 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > force ship against wind or sea > of ship: strive against (the wind) to weigh against1553 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 34v Waying with the worlde, according as the tyme should alter [L. semper ex ancipiti mutatione temporum pendens]. 1557 M. Basset tr. T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1372/1 A fainte harted mayster of a shippe..shrinketh from the sterne, and..suffreth the ship alone to waye wyth the waues [L. puppim permittit fluctibus]. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 109 And where thou sekes a quiet port, Thou dost but weigh agaynst the winde. < as lemmas |
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