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单词 whistling buoy
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whistling buoy


noun Nautical.

a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.

Words nearby whistling buoy

Whistler, James, Whistler's Mother, whistle stop, whistle up, whistling, whistling buoy, whistling duck, whistling swan, whit, Whitaker, Whitbread
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Example sentences from the Web for whistling buoy

  • When Wilbur came on deck again he noted that the "Bertha Millner" had already left the whistling-buoy astern.

    Moran of the Lady Letty|Frank Norris
  • The fog-bell was tolling, and yells of agony came from the whistling-buoy.

    A Singular Life|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • The bellow of the whistling-buoy nine miles out, off the coast, was audible at firesides.

    A Singular Life|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
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