释义 |
† mock-shade, mog-shade dial. Obs. rare—0. [Original form and etymology uncertain; the first element may be mock a. or possibly mock n.2, tree-stump; if the correct form be mog-, it may be connected with muggy.] (See quots.) Also mock-shadow, twilight (Halliwell 1847).
1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 329 Mogshade, the shadows of Trees, or such like. 1681Blount Glossogr. (ed. 5), Day-lights-gate, i.e. the going down of day-light; otherwise called the Mock-shade. |