buoys
plural of buoy
buoys
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buoy
• bousy
Source: Wiktionary
Buoy, n. Etym: [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bouée a buoy, from L. boia. "Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae." Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.)
Definition: 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. 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 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.
Buoy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Buoying.]
1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.
2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. Burke.
3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel. Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed. Darwin.
Buoy, v. i.
Definition: To float; to rise like a buoy. "Rising merit will buoy up at last." Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
