Found 2 hits - Term: to stream the buoy, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stream \stream\, v. t.
to send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to
pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
1913 webster
it may so please that she at length will stream
some dew of grace into my withered heart. --spenser.
1913 webster
2. to mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
1913 webster
the herald's mantle is streamed with gold. --bacon.
1913 webster
3. to unfurl. --shak.
1913 webster
to stream the buoy. naut. see under buoy.
1913 webster
see also:
to stream the buoy buoy
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
buoy \buoy\ bwoi or boi; 277, n. d. boei buoy, fetter, fr.
of. boie, buie, chain, fetter, f. bou'ee a buoy, from l.
boia. "boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae."
--festus. so called because chained to its place. naut.
a float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark
a channel or to point out the position of something beneath
the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.
1913 webster
anchor buoy, a buoy attached to, or marking the position
of, an anchor.
bell buoy, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be
rung by the motion of the waves.
breeches buoy. see under breeches.
cable buoy, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in
rocky anchorage.
can buoy, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron,
usually conical or pear-shaped.
life buoy, a float intended to support persons who have
fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to
save them.
nut buoy or nun buoy, a buoy large in the middle, and
tapering nearly to a point at each end.
to stream the buoy, to let the anchor buoy fall by the
ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor.
whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown
by the action of the waves.
1913 webster
see also:
anchor buoy bell buoy breeches buoy breeches cable buoy can buoy
life buoy nut buoy nun buoy to stream the buoy whistling buoy
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