单词 | downgate |
释义 | downgaten. Now archaic and rare. The action of going down or descending; setting, esp. of the sun. Also: a descent. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > [noun] > setting sunsetOE going downa1382 downhielda1400 downfalling1422 downgate1440 gate-downc1440 sunsetting1440 going under1490 occasionc1540 going to1581 setting sun1591 set of day1623 earthrise1918 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 128 Downe gate, or downe goynge, descensus. Downegate of þe sunne or oþer planettys, occasus. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 89 To þe doungate of þe sonne. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. iv. 43 Certeine of theim worshippe the Sonne at his vprijste, and curse him moste bittrely at his doune gate. 1597 H. Clapham Bibliotheca Theologica (Gen. xiii. 1) f. 26/1 Then Abram went vp from Aegipt, From the land off Promise to Aegipt, is A downe-gate: but from Aegipt accursed vnto Palestina blessed, is an vp-gate. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xx. 404 Not so ready to praise the sun at his uprising as worship him at his downgate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440 |
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