单词 | guttery |
释义 | gutteryn. The place for gutting (fish). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > [noun] > place for gutting guttery1842 1842 J. Wilson Voy. Scotl. II. 153 Herring guttery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). gutteryadj. 1. Of corn: Grooved, channelled. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > shrivelled, grooved, or underdeveloped flintered?1523 sloomya1642 guttery1745 1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. July xii. 128 If [wheat] is cut too soon..the Kernel will be somewhat shriveled and guttery. 1813 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. Bedford. 371 (E.D.D.) The corns of cancer wheat are commonly thin and guttery. 2. Miry, muddy. (Cf. gutter n.1 3d.) ? dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > mire > abounding in slag1440 miryc1443 muddyc1450 filthy1566 mire1673 sloughy1704 sleechy1792 guttery1808 slubby1823 grooty1848 1808–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A guttery road. 1874 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 85 Streets guttery, stony, filthy. 1895 H. Callan From Clyde to Jordan ix. 97 The streets are narrow, stony, broken and guttery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1842adj.1745 |
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