单词 | wind-gall |
释义 | wind-galln.2 A fragment of a rainbow or of a prismatically-coloured halo, supposed to presage windy weather: = weather-gall n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > rainbow > [noun] > imperfectly formed water-gall1573 weather-gall1621 sun dog1635 weather-dog1758 wind-gall1823 wind-dog1860 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > rainbow > part or fragment of water-gall1573 weather-gall1621 wind-gall1823 wind-dog1860 1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot I. ii. 19 There be streaked wind-galls in the offing, that speak..plainly..to shorten sail. 1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. I. 3 We noticed the phenomenon named by nautical men a ‘wind-gall’..or ‘sun-dog’. 1860 Fitz-Roy in Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 344. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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