| 单词 | dead men's graves |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead men's graves c. A grave-mound. Also transf., dead men's graves (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > mound loweOE barrowc1000 motea1522 burial-hillc1600 law1607 mound1635 tumulus1686 tor1794 burial-mound1854 grave-mound1859 grave1863 how1947 1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 July 494/1 Gravely making hay among the graves. 1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 609 Dead-men's Graves, applied to country generally basaltic, where, owing to the unequal decomposition of the under~lying rock, humps like graves occur. < as lemmas |
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