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stream the buoy en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (dated) To drop the anchor buoy overboard, before letting go of the anchor. This is done to avoid the buoy getting obstructed by the anchor chain.
    • I was aft attending to the sails and bringing the brig to her berth, Boyd and some others standing by the anchor. On streaming the buoy it of course went adrift, but was not missed till after the anchor was let go. When I went forward to attend to the cable and looked for the buoy I saw it floating away astern, and was told the buoy-rope must have been cut by the rocks. 1892, James Choyce, The Log of a Jack Tar:

Forms

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streams the buoy Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
streaming the buoy Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
streamed the buoy Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
streamed the buoy Tense=Past lexicographic