| 释义 |
† ˈchessom, a. Obs.
[Of uncertain etymology: a suggestion is that it = cheese-some ‘of the nature of cheese’, which suits the phonology, though the sense may be questioned, since cheese is of many kinds.]
Of soil: Loose, friable, and free from stones or grit.
1626Bacon Sylva §665 The Tender, Chessome, and Mellow Earth, is the best; Being meere Mould, between the two Extreames of Clay, and Sand. 1675Evelyn Terra (1776) 6 Mould of..more delicate grain, tender, chessom, mellow; clear of stones and grittiness with an eye of loam and sand.
¶ Curiously mistaken by Johnson for a n.; the error is retained in later Dicts. |