单词 | earth-bed |
释义 | earth-bedn. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] buriels854 througheOE burianOE graveOE lairc1000 lair-stowc1000 lich-restc1000 pitOE grass-bedOE buriness1175 earth housec1200 sepulchrec1200 tombc1300 lakec1320 buriala1325 monumenta1325 burying-place1382 resting placea1387 sepulturea1387 beda1400 earth-beda1400 longhousea1400 laystow1452 lying1480 delfa1500 worms' kitchen?a1500 bier1513 laystall1527 funeral?a1534 lay-bed1541 restall1557 cellarc1560 burying-grave1599 pit-hole1602 urn1607 cell1609 hearse1610 polyandrum1627 requietory1631 burial-place1633 mortuary1654 narrow cell1686 ground-sweat1699 sacred place1728 narrow house1792 plot1852 narrow bed1854 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6962 (MED) Ioseph bans þai wit ham ledd, þar þai þam grof in erth bedd. a1638 J. Tomkins in A. Boden et al. T. Tomkins (2005) 102 O thrice-blessed earthbed, Under whose happy pressure All in a sheet more blessed Lies fast my sleeping treasure. 1777 J. W. Fletcher Let. 13 Jan. in Wks. (1835) II. 428/1 I sometimes feel a desire of being buried, where you are buried, and having my bones lie in a common earth bed with yours. 1858 Harper's Mag. Nov. 722/1 Near this humble monument are the graves of several of his relatives... Their earth-beds were inclosed by a chain. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 118 Of all earth-beds, to your mind Most the choice for quiet, yonder. b. A bed (bed n. 1a) consisting of or laid upon the ground. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > other types of bed childbed1568 plank bed1584 table bed1633 earth-bed1637 pigeon-hole bed1685 box-bed1693 barbecue1697 plaid bedc1710 bed of state1713 pallet1839 high post1842 rocker1854 wire bed1882 lit bateau1895 string cot1895 sleigh bed1902 orthopaedic bed1943 high-low bed1956 futon1959 bateau lit1983 1637 T. Nabbes Microcosmus in Dodsley's Select Coll. Old Plays IX. 163 My earth-bed wet with nightly tears. 1832 S. L. Fairfield Last Night of Pompeii 69 Up rose the vassals from their earth-beds. 1897 New World Sept. 513 He..kept rolling and tossing about on his earth-bed. 1920 K. Hughes Father Lacombe 43 The boatmen sprang up from their earth-beds and blankets at dawn. 1998 K. Ragan Fearless Girls, Wise Women, & Beloved Sisters 325 In the centre of the house was an earth bed. There the person was to lie down. 2. A plot of earth used for the cultivation of plants; = bed n. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot bedc1000 sollarc1440 garden stead1546 garden plot1548 quarter1565 square1615 orbell1635 area1658 earth-bed1757 1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia 142 Let any one imagine to himself a luty, loamy, and the like marly earth-bed. 1841 R. Brown Domest. Archit. Gloss. 342/2 Turf Cottage Garden, a garden partly turf, and partly earth beds for flowers and shrubs. 1851 Farmer's Mag. June 556/1 Fruiting Pines, whether in pots or earth beds, must be kept in a moist growing atmosphere. 1906 Laurel (Mississippi) Ledger 21 Sept. Take thin muslin or blotting paper and spread on a well prepared earth bed in the garden. 2004 T. Ulmer & J. M. MacDougal Passiflora 278/2 It is also advisable to plant it directly into an earth bed, as flowers will not form when it is grown in a pot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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