单词 | unreeve |
释义 | unreevev. 1. a. transitive. To remove (a rope, cable, chain, etc.) from a hole, ring, block, or similar piece of equipment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] unbindc950 undoc950 unleeseOE breaka1225 unfest?c1225 leesea1325 loosena1382 unloosea1382 loose1388 resolvea1398 unlace?c1400 unfastenc1440 unloosen?a1475 to let slip1526 unbrace?1526 diffibulatea1538 unframe1567 unclit1587 undight1590 unclip1598 unclenchc1600 unreeve1600 unlock1609 ungrapple1611 unquilt1611 abstringe1623 renode1623 unspan1648 unfast1684 disengage1780 undub1807 unclap1846 1600 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 847 Wee vnriued our sheates, tackes, halliers, and other ropes. a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) at Reeve When wee would haue that Roape pulled out of the Block, &c. wee say vnreeue that Roape, or the Brases, Lifts, Sheats, &c. are vnreeued. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 81 To pull a Rope out of a Block is called unreeving the Rope. 1706 R. Park Art of Sea-Fighting iv. vi. 137 If your Braces be unreaved, your Top-sails are useless too. 1730 W. Wriglesworth MS Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 1 Aug. Yesterday afternoon unreeved the runing Rigging. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast v. 34 We..sent down the royal yards, and unrove the gear. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 59 Jib or flying-jib stays can be unrove,..and then rove through the lacing. 1945 Motor Boating Nov. 134/2 Unreave all rigging, coil all lines neatly, and label them with a cardboard tag. 1971 Motor Boating & Sailing Sept. 10/1 They'll unreeve all the halyards except the main which has to be left if the rig is to be put back together after the storm. 2001 B. Vale Frigate of King George vii. 69 The men unreeved the ship's running rigging. b. transitive (reflexive). Of a rope, line, etc.: to slip out. Also (of a block, etc.): to become detached from a rope or line. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (reflexive)] ishc1330 unreeve1815 1815 W. Burney Falconer's Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) 215/1 The loops are..fastened by the two long loops in the middle with two half hitches, by loosing of which they unreeve themselves. 1980 Cruising World Jan. 119/2 A figure eight knot in the bitter end will prevent the long line from unreeving itself through the mast fairlead. 2011 S. Willis Glorious First of June (Electronic ed.) viii Heavy blocks..whistled down cut ropes before finally unreeving themselves and falling to deck. 2. transitive. Chiefly Nautical slang. to unreeve one's lifeline: to die. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxix. 327 Cockroaches, fleas, and other vermin..must have unrove their life-lines before the hatches were opened. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 707 Unrove his life-line, departed this life. 2008 A. Ghosh Sea of Poppies iv. 73 Young Benjamin..set upon the old launderbuzz with a belaying-pin and beat him with such a will that his life-line was all but unrove. Derivatives unˈreeved adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied loose1488 lash1513 untied1565 ungirt1579 unfastened1587 untucked1609 unreeved1730 unfixed1805 untaken1836 unbonded1878 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > loosened, unfastened, or untied yloused1387 unlokec1410 undone1565 loosened1680 diffixed1727 unreeved1730 dissoluteda1777 adrift1834 1730 W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 14 Aug. All our unreev'd Rigging is a shore. 1875 S. A. Drake Nooks & Corners New Eng. Coast xx. 331 Unreeved blocks and slackened rigging betokened a careless indifference of her [sc. the ship's] future. 2008 G. Nestor Trailer Sailer xxvii. 212 [The figure eight] is used to prevent jib and main sheet ends, halyards, and other control lines from coming unreeved from blocks and fairleads. unˈreeving n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] undoinga1425 leesingc1440 loosing1482 dissolution1548 unlocking1568 unloosing1578 loosening1598 unbinding1598 untying1598 abstriction1650 unclenching1688 unclinching1688 apoptosis1749 unreeving1775 unloosening1793 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unreeving, the act of pulling a rope out of a block. 1844 J. F. Cooper Afloat & Ashore I. iii. 47 The unreeving might have been achieved by any one, and I got through with that without difficulty; and..the new rope was rove with distinguished success. 2012 Trailer/Body Builders (Nexis) July 193 The cable can be reeved and stays in the transport position; unreeving of the cable and disassembly of the roller head..are not needed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1600 |
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