单词 | rochy |
释义 | rochyadj.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > rocky rochyc1325 rocky?c1475 scopulous1596 sassinous1632 warty1648 bouldery1859 boulder-strewed1897 boulder-strewn1897 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2499 (MED) In an harde rochi [v.r. roche] stede is þuong aboute he drou..& rerde þer an castel. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2294 (MED) Gawayn..stode stylle as..a stubbe..Þat raþeled is in roche-grounde with rotez a hundreth. 2. English regional (west midlands). Of soil: containing stones, gravelly; (also) composed of or containing sandstone. Cf. roche n.1 5. rare. ΚΠ 1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries i. 4 Its surface is uneven, and generally rochy, or gravelly clay. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Rochy, of the nature of roche,—hard: said of soil that turns up in lumps. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Rochy, full of roche, partaking of the nature of roche; said of soils. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1325 |
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