单词 | twice-laid |
释义 | twice-laidadj. a. Of rope: Made from the yarns of old rope. Also absol. = twice-laid rope. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > types of twine1513 twice-laid1592 basten1677 cable-laid1723 hawser-laid1769 water-laid1795 registered1800 shroud-laid1800 whale-laid1812 strap-laid1839 four-strand1867 locked-coil1885 trifilar1903 1592–3 Act 35 Eliz. c. 8 (heading) An Acte for the auoiding of deceite vsed in making and selling of twicelayed Cordage. 1669 St. Papers, Dom. 280 A cable, and some twice-laid stuff. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 135 Working up all our junk and old shrouds, to make twice-laid cordage. 1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. lxix What [rope] is sent us is the worst I ever saw. The twice-laid we make on board is far preferable. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 56 Nippers are usually made of twice-laid rope. b. Nautical slang. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fish dishes > [noun] gyngawdry?c1390 salomenec1430 sorréc1430 tavorsayc1450 spitchcock1601 minnow tansy1655 kedgeree1662 pepperpot1698 matelote1723 water-souchy1726 pitchcock1739 flibrigo1762 twice-laid1777 ngapi1800 a kettle of fish1823 brandade1825 fish supper1829 truite au bleu1834 sole (à la) Colbert1846 bouillabaisse1855 fish and chips1876 hákarl1879 sashimi1880 timbale1880 gefilte fish1892 stamp and go1893 truite bleue1907 waterzooi1915 accra1919 Bismarck herring1931 gravlax1935 goujon1940 coddie1941 seviche1951 tuna salad1953 crabstick1956 zarzuela1956 sole Véronique1960 fish finger1962 moqueca1980 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain II. xlvi. 110 My entertainment..was half a second-hand roasted turkey, or, what the sailors call, a twice-laid dish, i.e. one which is done over a second time. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Twice-laid.., a sea-dish made of the salt-fish left from yesterday's dinner, and beaten up with potatoes or yams. 1937 G. P. Low Sea made Men ii. 35 Bread that had been on one long voyage and had been baked over again. It was called by sailors ‘twice laid bread’, and poor at that. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592 |
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