单词 | mire-bestrewed |
释义 | > as lemmasmire-bestrewed C1. General attributive, instrumental, etc., as mire-fir n., mire-hole n., etc.; mire-bestrewed adj., mire-deep adj., mire-smirched adj. ΚΠ 1585 Edinb. Test. XIV. f. 240, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Myr(e The half of the myre medow. 1617 in J. Davidson Inverurie & Earldom of Garioch (1878) 204 The haill persons..stentit for myrbeir. 1808 in A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd (new ed.) II. 720 Had I no, bie chanss, cum here, I had died at sum myre syd. 1822 in Amer. Speech 15 285/1 Standing about 8½ poles N 29 E from a mire-hole. 1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) xii. 187 Helen hastily lighted a bundle of mire-fir. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. i. 166 The mire-deep roads. 1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd vi. viii. 281 Cavalry in the cornfields mire-bestrowed. 1960 S. Plath Colossus 12 Common barnyard sows, Mire-smirched, blowzy. < as lemmas |
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