单词 | western ocean |
释义 | > as lemmasWestern Ocean Western Ocean n. now chiefly archaic and historical the Atlantic Ocean. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Atlantic Ocean Atlantica1387 Western Ocean1576 pond1612 Great Lake1684 mid-Atlantic1804 millpond1813 Middle Atlantic1826 puddle1869 whale-poola1876 1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia v. sig. E.ii Hardly any ship..can come into our westerne Ocean, thorow that fret, from the west Seas of America. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman viii. 67 The Atlantick or Westerne Ocean is most rough and dangerfull. 1726 G. Wade in G. Chalmers Caledonia (1824) III. 22 The Highlands..are, for the most part, on the Western Ocean. 1805 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1944) V. 366 It is my opinion, she is competent to be sent across the Western Ocean. 1935 J. Masefield Victorious Troy 8 Did you ever see a storm, a real storm, a Western Ocean Hurricane? 2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 13 Thousands were sailing across the western ocean from both Ireland and Scotland in the 19th and early 20th centuries. < as lemmas |
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