| 释义 |
hiˈulcity rare.
[ad. L. type *hiulcitās, f. hiulcus gaping, split, cleft, f. hiāre to gape.]
A gaping, opening, cleft.
a1681Wharton Eclipses Wks. (1683) 103 That the Mountains of the Earth are not to be compared to the bigness thereof, the equal roundness of the Shadow tells us: Wherein we observe no Hiulcity or Cleft, by reason of the Vallies, nor yet any part..extended..because of the Mountains. |