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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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Stream >> S Words
Stream, definition of term: Stream
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Buoy >> B Words
Buoy, definition of term: Buoy
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Jet Stream >> J Words
Jet Stream, definition of term: Jet Stream
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Gulf Stream >> G Words
Gulf Stream, definition of term: Gulf Stream
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Stream Of Consc >> S Words
Stream Of Consc, definition of term: Stream Of Consc
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