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buoy-rope
buoy-rope (ˈb(w)ɔɪrəʊp) [f. buoy n. + rope.] The rope by which the buoy is fastened to the anchor. † Also transf. (quot. 1562 used for a woman's pig-tail).1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 64 Except hir maide shewe a fayre paire of heeles, She haleth her by the boy rope, tyll her braines ake. 16...
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buoy
▪ I. buoy, n. (bɔɪ, bwɔɪ) Forms: 5–7 boye, 6 bwoy, (buie, buy), 6–8 boy, (7 bouye, buye, boigh, bowie, boa, pl. boes), 7– buoy. [15th c. boye corresponds to OF. boye (Diez), boyee (Palsgr.), modF. bouée, Norm. boie (Littré), Sp. boya, Pg. boia ‘buoy’; Du. boei, MDu. boeie ‘buoy’, and ‘fetter’; the s...
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breakwater
breakwater (ˈbreɪkwɔːtə(r)) [f. break v. + water.] 1. Anything that breaks the force of the waves at a particular place, esp. a solid structure of rubble and masonry erected to form or protect a harbour, etc.1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) Break-water, the..hull of some old..vessel, sunk at the en...
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swim
▪ I. swim, n. (swɪm) Also 6 swym(me, 7 swimme, 8 Sc. soom. [f. swim v.] † 1. The clear part of a liquid which floats above the sediment: = sublation 1, sublimation 3.1547 Recorde Judic. Ur. 16 b, The sedyment or grounde, the sublacion or swymme, and the cloude. 1625 Hart Anat. Ur. i. iii. 34 The uri...
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stern
▪ I. stern, n.1 (stɜːn) Forms: 1 stearn, stearno, stærn, stern; 7 sterne, 9 stern, 9 dial. starn. [OE. stearn, glossing L. beacita, fida, gavia and also sturnus. Cf. Fris. stern (steern); stern-k; stern-s (stirn-s, starn-s) sea-swallow, tern. The mod.E. vowel, if genuine, is probably the result of l...
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rope
▪ I. rope, n.1 (rəʊp) Forms: α. 1–4 rap, 2–5, Sc. 7–9 rape; 4 rayp, 6–9 raip(e, 6 raipp; 8–9 raep, 9 dial. reap(e, reeap. β. 3–4 rop, 4–7 roop(e, 5–6 roppe, 6–7 roap(e; 3– rope. [Common Teut.: OE. ráp masc., = OFris. râp (in silrâp; WFris. reap, EFris. rôp, but NFris. riap:—*rêp), MDu. and Du. reep,...
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