单词 | lag-clift |
释义 | > as lemmaslag-clift A cleft or rift in timber. Also in combinations, as lag-clift (unless lagge in quot. 1579 be the adjective). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > cleft or shake lag1579 shake1651 heart shake1802 ring shake1868 gum-shake1887 1579 T. Hill Ord. Bees (1608) 24 The stocke thus cut asunder at both the ends, couer with a faire sheete, lest any lagge clifts appeare after the cutting. 1785 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Midland Counties (1790) II. 333 The ‘lag’..is a cleft, or rift, reaching sometimes from the top to the bottom of the stem, and, perhaps, to near its center. < as lemmas |
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