单词 | lown side |
释义 | > as lemmaslown side lown side n. now rare = lee side n. a. Sc. National Dict. records as still in use in Angus in 1961 in the phrase to hae a lown side to ‘to be kindly disposed towards’. ΚΠ 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner 95 Acquaint them [sc. melons] a little with the air by raising the edg of the glasses with a little straw on the laun [1721 lown] side, closing it at night again. a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) 12 See ye not the Well-affected people seeking the Lee and lowen-side of the House? 1822 T. Bewick Mem. (1975) ii. 10 I sat down on the lown side of a hedge & eat it. 1886 J. G. Scott Burma as it Was iii. 180 A gentle incline on what the Scotch would call the ‘lown’ side of the summit. < as lemmas |
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