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Day of departure
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Ancient maritime superstition held that no voyage should begin on a biblically inauspicious day, but should preferably be deferred until the omens were favorable. [1] the first monday in april was a no-no, being both cain’s birthday and the day on which he killed his brother abel. [2] any friday was especially ill-omened, because that was supposedly the day on which jesus was crucified. an old seafarer’s rhyme says: on a friday she was launched on a friday she set sail on a friday met a storm and was lost in the gale [3] on the other hand, december 31 was considered lucky, since that is when the bible says judas escariot hanged himself. [4] and, drawing from pre–christian belief, wednesday was propitious since it is named after and dedicated to wotan (odin), erroneously believed to have been the viking protector of seafarers (actually he was chief of all the gods and the seafarers’ guardian was njord).
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Day, английский
- The interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset
- День; дневной; днем
- One division in a window, as in a large church window.
- The astronomical day is reckoned from noon to noon, continuously through the twenty-four hours, like the other days. it commences at noon, twelve hours after the civil day, which itself begins twelve hours after the nautical day, so that the noon of the civil day, the beginning of the astronomical day, and the end of the nautical day, occur at the
- In modern usage every kind of solar time has its zero or stating point at midnight, but this has not always been so. in recent times there have been four conventions for measuring the start and finish of a day. [1] the civil or calendar day began at midnight, as it still does. [2] until january 1, 1925, the astronomical day began at noon, 12 hours later than the start of the calendar day of the same date. [3] until october 11, 1805, the nautical day also began at noon, but 12 hours earlier than the calendar day, and a full day (24 hours) earlier than the astronomical day of the same date. [4] the sidereal day is not a solar measurement like the first three, but rather the time required for a complete rotation of the earth in reference to any star or to the vernal equinox at the meridian, equal to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds in units of mean solar time.
- День; сутки
Day, английский
Day and night television system, английский
Телевизионная система дневного и ночного видения
Day around order, английский
A day order that supersedes ( cancels and replaces) the previous order by altering its size or price limit.
Day beacon, английский
An unlighted fixed structure which is equipped with a dayboard for daytime identification.
Day blindness, английский
Same as hemeralopia
Day bomber, английский
Дневной бомбардировщик
Day box, английский
Day cab, английский
A truck cab without a sleeper berth.
Day care, английский
Supervised recreation or medical care provided during the day for people who need special help, e.g. some elderly people or small children
Day care program, английский
Day case, английский
Same as day patient
Day case surgery, английский
Same as day surgery
Day centre, английский
A place providing day care
Day clock, английский
Датчик истинного времени; часы истинного времени daylightдневной свет (эффект освещенности)
Day coach, английский
Пассажирский вагон с сидячими местами
Day coal, английский
Day frequency, английский
Дневная частота, частота для дневной радиосвязи
Day gate, английский
In a bank, an interior grille door to a safe-deposit vault; used when the main vault door is open.
Day hospital, английский
A hospital where people are treated during the day and go home in the evenings
Day job, английский
Superstition, английский
Preferably, английский
Especially, английский
Propitious, английский
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Day shape, английский
See shapes.
Smollett painted this word picture, английский
“know him by his saucer eyes, his three rows of rotting teeth and tail, and the blue smoke which comes out of his nostrils.” the origin of the legend is obscure, but the name seems to have originated in the caribbean during the 17th century and probably comes from “duffy” a west indian slave word for ghost or devil and “jonah” referring to the biblical bringer of ill fortune at sea. hence davy jones means ghost of jonah. davy jones’ locker: the ocean floor was davy’s storage place or locker, the destination of all things jettisoned and final resting place of people drowned or buried at sea. (it has been suggested that this phrase originated independently of the fiend’s name and is a corruption of deva lokka, the hindu goddess of death.) seamen believed that davy could not keep the bodies of truly devout christians sealed in his locker, having to relinquish their souls to mother carey’s chickens who carried them to fiddler’s green, but this conflicts with the albatross superstition.
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