单词 | deg |
释义 | degv. dialect. 1. transitive. To sprinkle with water; to damp. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > make slightly wet [verb (transitive)] aliec1330 humidatec1540 bemoist1567 bemoisten1590 rigate1657 damp1671 deg1673 moistify1786 dampen1827 baste1897 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 14 To Deg: Leck. 1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lancs. Dial. 28 [Lanc. Gloss.] The word which a Lancashire man employs for sprinkling with water is ‘to deg’, and when he degs his garden he uses a deggin-can. 1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Aug. 2/6 Twice going over would not deg across the road. 2. intransitive. To drizzle. ΚΠ 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Deg, to drizzle = Dag. Derivatives degging n. ΚΠ 1865 M. R. Lahee Carter's Struggles vii. 53 [Lanc. Gloss.] Si' tho' what a deggin' hoo's gin me. Compounds General attributive, as degging-can, degging-cart, degging-machine. ΚΠ 1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lancs. Dial. 28 [Lanc. Gloss.] When he [sc. a Lancashire man] degs his garden he uses a deggin-can. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Degging-machine (Cotton), One for damping the fabric in the process of calendering. 1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Aug. 2/6 It was usual for the degging cart to go three times over the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1673 |
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