different between trysail vs nock
trysail
English
Noun
trysail (plural trysails)
- (nautical) A small, strong three-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather.
Translations
Anagrams
- artsily
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nock
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?k/
Etymology 1
Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
Noun
nock (plural nocks)
- Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
- (archery) The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
- (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
Translations
Verb
nock (third-person singular simple present nocks, present participle nocking, simple past and past participle nocked)
- (transitive) To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch (verb).)
- (transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
Etymology 2
Noun
nock (plural nocks)
- Misspelling of knock.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- conk
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