| 释义 |
ˈmilder, v. dial. (Lincs.)
[? cogn. w. moulder v.]
intr. To moulder, decay; to crumble away. lit. and fig. Hence mildering ppl. a.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. ix. 20 This practise is most approuable and peculiar in mildring Clay, which otherwise by shooting and melting downe into open Trenches, would choake vp the water-passages. 1632Sanderson Serm. 353 Their estates crumble and milder away. 1647H. More Cupid's Conflict xv, Unthankfull wretch! Gods gifts thus to reject And maken nought of Natures goodly dower. That milders still away through thy neglect. 1671Skinner Etymol. Ling. Angl., Moulder, agro Linc. Milder. 1886S.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v., The stone-work is so mildered. It's clean mildered away. The frost lays hold on it and it milders down. |