| 单词 | in the wane of the moon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (at, etc.) the wane of the moon c. The period characterized by the waning of the moon, esp. regarded as a favourable, or unfavourable, time for various (usually agricultural) operations. Usually in in (at, etc.) the wane of the moon, rarely unqualified, in the wane. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [noun] > lunar month > periods within or phases of the moon full moonOE new moonOE waningc1000 new of the moona1398 quarter?a1425 plenilune?a1475 neomeniaa1535 lunationc1549 interlune1561 wane1563 neomeny1569 dark of the moon1591 month of apparition1594 dark moon1615 plenilunium1615 moon1709 interlunation1813 quartering1880 1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 101 And certaine will, that the root be digged vp in the waine of the Moone, she then being vnder the earth. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 60v Yet there are that holde opinion, that yf you sowe them in the wane, they wyll be the smaller. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 37 Sowe peason and beanes, in the wane of the Moone. 1631 D. Widdowes tr. W. A. Scribonius Nat. Philos. (new ed.) 13 In part before & after the 8 day, called the encrease and the waine of the Moone. 1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 4 Seed sown at the wain of the Moon, grows either not at all, or to no purpose. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 14 To cut Hair..in the Wane, causeth baldness. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 445 As for Garden-Beans, they are usually set betwixt November and February, at the Wain of the Moon. 1866 A. Steinmetz Weathercasts 41 In Suffolk it is considered unlucky to kill a pig in the wane of the moon. < as lemmas |
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