| 单词 |
spurling |
| 释义 |
▪ I. spurling1 ? Obs.
[var. of spirling.]
The smelt or spirling, Osmerus eperlanus. Also attrib.
a1471in N. F. Hele Aldeburgh (1870) vi. 65 Every boat..going to fishing for sperling in spurling tyme. 1566Gascoigne Supposes ii. iv, A pennieworth of cheese, and halfe a score spurlings. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 28 All Saints doe laie..for sprats and spurlings for their house. 1601Chester Love's Mart. (1878) 100 Here swimmes the Shad, the Spitfish, and the Spurling. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. 169 Spurlings are but broad Sprats, taken chiefly upon our Northern coast. 1844Peter Parley's Ann. V. 123 The little smelts or spurlings run up the softened rivers to spawn.
▪ II. spurling2 Naut.|ˈspɜːlɪŋ|
[Origin unknown.]
Only in Combs., as spurling gate (see quot. 1927); spurling pipe (see quot. 1962). Cf. spurling-line.
1927G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 169/2 Spurling gate, the iron casting set in the deck through which the anchor chain passes. 1938F. A. Worsley First Voyage 217 The spurlingate pipes were now uncovered and the ends of the chain cables roused up. 1962A. G. Course Dict. Nautical Terms 186 Spurling pipe, the pipe that encloses the anchor cable from windlass to cable locker. |
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