Dinghy vs Dory - What's the difference?
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(label) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
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, title= (label) An inflatable rubber life raft.
To travel by dinghy.
(nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
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Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
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(obscure, cooking) A dish that has been coated or glazed with a yellow substance or with "almond milk".
= (obscure) Of a bright yellow or golden color.
* 1962' (quoting '''c. 1398 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
(obscure, cooking) Coated or glazed with a yellow substance or with "almond milk".
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* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was not thrown, but thrust at opponents with one hand.
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* 2011' (republished '''2014 as an e-book), Chris McNab, ''A History of the World in 100 Weapons , Oxford: Osprey Publishing, , page 37:
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Dory is a hyponym of dinghy.
In nautical terms the difference between dinghy and dory
is that dinghy is an inflatable rubber life raft while dory is a small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.As a verb dinghy
is to travel by dinghy.As an adjective dory is
of a bright yellow or golden color.dinghy
English
Noun
(wikipedia dinghy) (dinghies)The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
Synonyms
* tenderDerived terms
* sailing dinghy * dinghy towingVerb
dory
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Etymology 1
(Wikipedia) Attested in ; assumed to be related to Central of Western language, perhaps (etyl).Noun
(dories)- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory , clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), , from (etyl) (m).Noun
(dories)Adjective
(en adjective)- dorr?&
- 773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n.
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- Soupes dorye'. — Take gode almaunde mylke Do þe ' dorry a-bowte.
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- 773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
Etymology 3
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* doruNoun
(dories)- The principal weapon of the hoplite was the dory'' spear. It was unusually long – it could measure up to 10ft (3m) in length, and weighed about 4.4lb (2kg). At one end was a broad, leaf-pattern spearhead, while at the other end was a metal spike called a ''sauroter . The purpose of the spike is much debated: it almost certainly acted as a counterbalance, making the spear easier to hold and wield; it could have been used as an improvised spear point, or for making downward attacks on the enemy's exposed feet; or it might even have been embedded in the ground to keep the spear in place.