heave in sight
Verb
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Verb
heave in sight
- (nautical) To appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision.
- 1836, Frederick Marryat, The Pirate, chapter 7
- The captain of the schooner is abaft with his glass in his hand, occasionally sweeping the offing in expectation of a vessel heaving in sight [...]
- 1850, Punch, The progress to Ostend ↗
- Till on Thursday at nine, to the joy of your friend, I was told we were heaving in sight of Ostend;
- And heaving in sight on't (yon won't feel a doubt of it) Was good news to one who 'd been long heaving out of it.
- 1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood, Chapter XXVII
- Having crossed the Caribbean in the teeth of contrary winds, it was not until the early days of April that the French fleet hove in sight of Cartagena […]
- 1836, Frederick Marryat, The Pirate, chapter 7
- heave in view; see also Thesaurus:appear
- Spanish: aparecer
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