单词 | harborous |
释义 | † harborousadj. Obsolete. 1. Affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [adjective] > connected with providing accommodation harborous1526 hospitary1658 society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable harborous1526 hospitable1570 hospital1570 harboursome1584 hospitalious1596 hospitious?1611 entertaining1640 xenodochial1716 open-housed1804 open house1836 open-doored1842 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Tim. iii. 2 A bishoppe must be..honestly aparelled, harberous, apt to teache. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. iv. 9 Be ye herbrous and that without grudginge. ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 38 An other sorte promyseth their howse to be herbourouse to the howsehold of fayth. a1613 T. Overbury Obseruations Xvii. Prouinces (1626) 14 Their nature, which is easie and harborous to strangers. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids 72 In this kinde harb'rous town. 2. Furnished with harbours or havens for ships. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [adjective] > furnished with harbours harborous1612 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 49 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks That water at the first Was harborous to brode wide ships, now harborous to wains.] 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Her haven angled so about her harbrous sound. 1641 P. Heylyn Ἡρωολογια Anglorvm 264 A countrey harborous on either side with commodious Havens. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. vii. 95/2 This is a well known Sea, call'd Euxine, or Harborous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1526 |
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