单词 | outwelling |
释义 | outwellingn. The action of outwell v.; an instance of this; a flowing out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous > instance of streamc900 wellOE outstreaminga1398 flood1589 profluvium1603 shower1656 gush1704 outgushing1823 outgush1835 outwelling1852 out-flood1859 1852 J. Quincy Munic. Hist. Boston 350 It is obviously impracticable to give any just idea of the amount of these charities... They are silent and secret outwellings of grateful hearts. 1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 158 A fresh, quick outwelling of thought. 1882 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 358 Fissures formed during the outwelling of igneous materials from below. 1911 Ld. H. Tennyson Tennyson & Friends 122 He liked home-thrusts at human foibles and frailty, and again the outwelling of native nobility, generosity, or love. 1983 G. Benford Against Infinity vi. ii. 193 Up from some recess came an outwelling of emotion that took him by surprise, filling his throat, choking off his breath. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outwellingadj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. That pours or flows out; that overflows with something. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > copiously or continuously outflowingOE wellingc1400 outgushing1569 overflown1579 profluous1585 outstreaming1598 spewing1616 effluxivea1657 effluxing1674 effluenced1691 effluent1726 effusive1726 outwelling1736 profluent1737 outpouring1808 pumping1812 gushing1815 founting1827 flowing1867 fountaining1883 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [adjective] > being emitted spinning1577 spouted1717 outwelling1736 outpouring1808 1736 A. Hill tr. Voltaire Alzira v. 47 A Flow of fruitless Help surrounded Carlos; To stop th'out-welling Blood, and hold back Life. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 385/2 Sitting..in deepest peace, which some out-welling tears would rather confirm than disturb. 1895 Temple Bar Feb. 234 Out of the fulness of his heart in the spontaneous superabundance of his outwelling nature. 1918 E. G. A. Holmes Sonnets to Universe 9 Lift them sunward in outwelling waves. 1920 R. Kane Worth i. vi. 95 The heart..is the source of outwelling tenderness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852adj.1736 |
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