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单词 rising ground
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rising ground
a. In early use: †having a rounded or curved form (obsolete). Later: having an upward slope or lie; elevated above the surrounding or adjacent level. Frequently in rising ground (chiefly as a count noun in early use).
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risingc1425
swelling1544
tumulary18..
mammillary1813
tumular1828
tumulous1897
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4647 (MED) Neptolonius..was..Large brestid, wiþ a risyng bak, And in speche stamered whan he spak.
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. E iv Nie to a church..stondynge vpon a mean risyng hill sumwhat higher then the site of their campe.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 93v There was not farre fro thence About the middle of the Laund a rising ground, from whence A man might ouerlooke the fieldes.
1592 Arden of Feversham iii. iii. 9 I vppon a little rysing hill Stoode whistely watching for the herds approch.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 272 A rising grounde lying betweene the Campe and the Castle.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 260 They..hale it to some rising hill without.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 108 File off the rising side of the Punch, which brings the Face to an exact Level.
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 266 This rising Place projected from the Wall.
1742 G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. 81 The Way..was a little rising in the middle, that no Water might stay upon it.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 143 The yellow tilth, green meads, rocks, rising grounds.
1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 41 Passed handsome rising prairies on the north side.
1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 189 Our horses were brought to a stand on a rising ground.
1880 Bible Christian Mag. Dec. 537 The city [sc. Pompeii] was built upon a rising eminence close to the sea.
1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf v. 199 Towards the end of the kite-flying season, numerous Chinese had made their way to various pieces of rising ground with these toys.
1958 J. Gunn Sea Menace ix. 151 There was scrub on gently rising land leading to the thick carpet of trees that covered the great hills beyond.
2002 S. Home 69 Things to do with Dead Princess iv. 51 Despite its position on rising ground and general aura of attractiveness, this area proved incapable of dominating the city's psychogeography.
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