| 单词 | neither fill nor fall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasneither fill nor fall 4. †Of a river: The point at which its stream is filled, the head-waters; in quot. opposed to fall. Hence transferred in proverbial use, neither fill nor fall: neither head nor tail, not a trace (dialect). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > head or source headeOE wellspringOE springOE uptaking1241 head wella1325 wellheadc1330 sourcec1386 headspringa1398 headstreama1398 risinga1398 surge1523 springhead?a1560 head fountain1563 water head1567 fountainhead1585 headwater1612 fill1622 water source1651 urn1726 vomica1838 sponge-swamp1901 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xix. 3 A Streame, that from the fill to fall, Wants nothing that a Flood should be adorn'd withall. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) ‘My old dog went off last Monday, and I can't hear neither fill-nor-fall of him.’ < as lemmas |
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