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De - Pt| English Dictionary: nun buoy | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for nun buoy | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Nun \Nun\, n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. [?], [?]; of unknown origin. Cf. {Nunnery}.] 1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. --Wordsworth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. (b) The smew. (c) The European blue titmouse. {Gray nuns} (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as {Sisters of Charity of Montreal}. {Nun buoy}. See under {Buoy}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Buoy \Buoy\, n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou[82]e a buoy, from L. boia. [bd]Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae.[b8] --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. {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. | |
