Found 3 hits - Term: whistling buoy, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
whistling \whis"tling\,
a. n. from whistle, v.
1913 webster
whistling buoy. naut. see under buoy.
whistling coot zool., the american black scoter.
whistling dick. zool.
a an australian shrike thrush colluricincla selbii.
b the song thrush. prov. eng.
whistling duck. zool.
a the golden-eye.
b a tree duck.
whistling eagle zool., a small australian eagle
haliastur sphenurus; -- called also whistling hawk,
and little swamp eagle.
whistling plover. zool.
a the golden plover.
b the black-bellied, or gray, plover.
whistling snipe zool., the american woodcock.
whistling swan. zool.
a the european whooper swan; -- called also wild swan,
and elk.
b an american swan olor columbianus. see under swan.
whistling teal zool., a tree duck, as dendrocygna
awsuree of india.
whistling thrush. zool.
a any one of several species of singing birds of the genus
myiophonus, native of asia, australia, and the east
indies. they are generally black, glossed with blue, and
have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. their note
is a loud and clear whistle.
b the song thrush. prov. eng.
1913 webster
see also:
whistle whistling buoy buoy whistling coot whistling dick colluricincla selbii
whistling duck whistling eagle haliastur sphenurus whistling hawk little swamp eagle
whistling plover whistling snipe whistling swan wild swan elk
olor columbianus swan whistling teal dendrocygna awsuree whistling thrush
myiophonus
- [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
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
whistling buoy
n : a buoy that makes a whistling noise syn: whistle buoy
see also:
whistle buoy
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