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Definition of Rough water
1. Noun. Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough Water
Literary usage of Rough water
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory by Caroline C. Leighton (1884)
"rough water. — Beauty of the Sea. — Golden-Gate Entrance. — San Francisco Streets.
— Santa Barbara. — Its Invalids. — Our Spanish Neighbors. ..."
2. The Speed and Power of Ships: A Manual of Marine Propulsion by David Watson Taylor (1910)
"Rough-Water Effects i. Causes of Speed Reduction.—The effect of rough water upon
speed is like the effect of foulness of bottom — almost impossible to ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"... which in smooth water are well enough, but in rough water too much strain is
imposed by not allowing each hull to pitch independently of the other. ..."
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