A flow of water; a stream, a watercourse. English regional (chiefly south-western) in later use. Cf. rean, n., rhine, n.3
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > watercourse or channel (35) runeOE A flow of water; a stream, a watercourse. English regional (chiefly south-western) in later use. Cf. rean, n., rhine, n.3 sitchOE A small stream, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground, and often dry in summer; a ditch or channel through which such a stream flows; = sike… pipeOE A small stream, esp. one flowing into a river. Obsolete. rare. sichetc1133 A small watercourse. Cf. siket, n. guttera1300 A watercourse, natural or artificial; in later use, a small brook or channel. In 14–15th centuries often used to render Latin stillicidium (shower)… siket1300 A small watercourse or sike. sikec1330 A small stream of water, a rill or streamlet, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground, and often dry in summer; a ditch or channel through… watergate1368 A channel for water, esp. one which provides drainage for a coal mine. Now historical. gole?a1400 A stream, channel, ditch. gotea1400 A watercourse; any channel for water; a stream. flout14.. A watercourse. aa1430 A stream, a watercourse. trough1513 A hollow or valley resembling a trough; the bed or channel of a stream, or the depressed tract through which it flows; spec. in Geology a… guta1552 A narrow passage. A channel or run of water, a branch of a stream; a sound, strait. race1570 A channel or bed (of a stream); spec. an artificial channel leading water to or from a point where its energy is utilized, as in a mill or a mining… lode1572 A watercourse; an aqueduct, channel; an open drain in fenny districts. Now local. canala1576 A conduit or drain for liquid. Obsolete except as merged with sense 5. ditch1589 Extended rhetorically to any watercourse or channel, including those of natural formation. trink1592 A trench, channel, watercourse (natural or artificial). leam1601 A drain or watercourse in fen districts. dike1616 Extended to any watercourse or channel, including those of natural formation. On the Humber, a navigable channel, as Goole Dike, Doncaster Dike… runlet1630 A little stream; a runnel. Cf. run, n.2 24b. stell1651 An open ditch or brook. nullah1656 A watercourse, river-bed, or ravine; a drain or channel for rain- or floodwater. Cf. khor, n. course1665 A channel (natural or artificial) in which water flows; a watercourse. drain1700 Applied to a natural watercourse which drains a tract of country. lade1706 A noun lade, with a sense ‘channel, watercourse, mouth of a river’, has been evolved by etymologists from place-names in which the last element is… droke1772 W. Country dialect and Newfoundland. A furrow or groove; a ditch, a small watercourse; a (steep) narrow passageway; also, a valley. regimen1797 Physical Geography. = regime, n. 3a. draught1807 A stream course, a ravine (?). (Also draft) adit1808 A roughly horizontal passage introduced into a mine for the purpose of access or drainage. Also in extended use; spec. a watercourse, esp. one that… sluit1818 A channel, ditch, or gully, usually one formed by heavy rain and dry during the greater part of the year. thalweg1831 The line in the bottom of a valley in which the slopes of the two sides meet, and which forms a natural watercourse; also the line following the… runway1874 The bed or channel in which a stream runs. Now rare. Subcategories:— of overflow of lake (1) |
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