单词 | Symondite |
释义 | Symondite Now Hist.|ˈsɪməndaɪt| [f. the name of Rear-Admiral Sir William Symonds (1782–1856): see -ite1.] A small warship designed by Sir William Symonds in his capacity as surveyor to the Royal Navy.
1927B. M. Chambers Salt Junk iv. 27 The Eurydice was what was known as a Symonite [sic] or Jackass frigate, i.e., something between a sloop and a frigate. 1932A. H. Long Round the Bill 9 She was a good little boat, about seven feet beam, drew three feet six inches, and had a regular Symondite bottom, like the America. 1935H. I. Chapelle Hist. Amer. Sailing Ships 156 As a class, the Symondites were very unsteady gun-platforms. 1957Mariner's Mirror XLIII. 337 For rolling, pitching and lee-lurches the Symondites beat the lot. |

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