单词 | devexity |
释义 | † devexityn. Obsolete. Downward slope or incline; concavity: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > downwards fall1538 downwith1593 declining1601 devexity1601 devex1627 declension1640 proneness1686 dip1708 versant1859 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 32 No man doubteth that the water of the sea came euer in any shore so far as the deuexitie would have suffered. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 34 So far as the other deuexitie or fall of the earth. ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. N1v Hir Haire..Doth Glorifie that Heauns Diuexity (Hir Head). 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Devexité, deuexitie; a hollownesse, bowing, bending, hanging double. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Devexity, the hollowness of a valley, a bending down. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1601 |
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