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单词 ewder
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ewdern.

Forms: 1700s ewder, 1700s uther, 1800s euther, 1800s youder, 1800s yowder, 1800s– yowther.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: odour n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant of odour n., although the phonology is difficult to explain if so.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈewder.
Scottish.
Vapour, smoke, fume.
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1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 4 Fan Hector try'd Thir barks to burn an' scowder..He cou'd na' bide the ewder.
1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 28 He was like to smore us i' the coach wi' the very ewder o't [sc.his pipe].
1814 Northern Antiq. 271 The yowther drifted sae high i' the sky, The sun worth a' sae red.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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