单词 | rowth |
释义 | rowthn.1 Chiefly Scottish (now chiefly Shetland). 1. Rowing; a period of rowing. Sc. National Dict. (at Routh) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1968. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > rowing rowingOE rowth1467 remigation1623 oarage1872 1467 in C. Innes Registrum de Dunfermelyn (1842) 359 Þe man..passis vp and set owre þare nettis with routh with a tow of xxiiij fadome. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iii. 24 The swifte Pristis with spedy routh [L. remige]..Furth steris the stern Mynestheus. a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) cxviii. l. 2114 Toward þe north þe traid haldand, Ouþer with saill or routh passang. a1615 D. Middleton in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iii. viii. 226 At night our men came aboord, and brought very good water, but had a wearisome rowth of it, being fiue miles distant from the place where we anchored. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. II Routh,..the act of rowing, or of plying with oars. 1899 Shetland News 15 July We laid up i' Scolla's saet, an' I needna tell you, Magnus, what a rooth dat is. 1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. A long routh. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > rowing > a stroke of or pull at the oars rowth1513 stroke1583 pull1793 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. v. 15 Swepand the fluide with lang rowthis belife. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iv. 76 Thai pinglit ayris wp to bend, and haill With sa strang rowthis,..The mychty kervell schudderit at euery straik. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rowthn.2 Chiefly Scottish. Abundance, plenty. Also as a count noun: a large quantity . Frequently with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] speedOE fulsomenesslOE wonea1300 fulsomeheada1325 cheapc1325 largitya1382 plenteousnessa1382 plenteoustea1382 plentya1382 abundancec1384 affluencec1390 largenessc1400 uberty?a1412 aboundingc1425 fullness1440 copiousness1447 rifenessc1450 copy1484 abundancy?1526 copiosity1543 plentifulness1555 ampleness1566 umberty?1578 acquire1592 amplitude1605 plentitude1609 plenitude1614 fertility1615 profluence1623 fluency1624 flushness1662 rowtha1689 sonsea1689 affluentness1727 raff1801 richness1814 a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 26 For there is routh of geese and hens. 1720 A. Ramsay Edinb.'s Salut. to Ld. Carnarvon iv But routh for pleasure and for use..You's hae at will. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. iv. 52 Nor does he want of them a Rowth at Will. 1786 R. Burns Poems 28 Fortune, if thou'll but gie me..rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, Tak a' the rest. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 231 I trow there was routh o' company. 1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. iii. 109 An unfavourable impression..which requires more hospitality and routh to remove than should be gone into at a manse. 1866 P. Mackenzie Reminisc. Glasgow & West of Scotl. II. xix. 187 The good things had been disposed of, consisting chiefly of corned beef and greens, and rouths of liquor duly swallowed. 1885 H. Caine Shadow of Crime x. 217 Rich folk hev rowth of friends..an' olas will hev while the mak of thysel are aboot. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 54 A' the routh o' shoots that mak' The bygrowth o' the Earth aboot. 1953 Kirriemuir Free Press 3 Sept. On washin'-days 'twas reamin' ower Wi' rowth o' sapples. 2007 S. Blackhall Quarry iii. 22 Wi sic a rowth o fowk haein this braw remeid in the Navachitta Centre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rowthadj. Scottish. Abundant, plentiful; well-supplied; full (of or with something). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance fulleOE ranka1250 broada1300 rifec1325 copiousa1387 wealthful ofa1400 plaina1450 heavy-ladenc1450 fluenta1592 onust1604 heavy1622 onusted1657 opulent1685 aflooda1729 rowtha1774 acrawl1830 lousy1843 awash1912 the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > well-provided or supplied plenteousc1350 plentifulc1400 well-replenished1448 well-provided1523 well-supplied1594 storeful1598 flush1603 well-plenished1662 well-fogged1790 rowth1863 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 51 What think ye neist, o' gude fat brose To clag his ribs? a dainty dose! And white and bloody puddins routh, To gar the Doctor skirl, O Drouth! 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 28 [They] rue the day wi' wailin's rowth. 1822 J. Galt Provost xxxv. 254 She..had aye a ruth and ready hand for the needful. 1863 R. Quinn Heather Lintie (ed. 2) 225 Tae keep us rowth I've meal eneuch. 1896 ‘N. Munro’ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 273/1 The dogs themselves fed on buck-flesh from the mountains, so rowth the times! 1979 Chapman Spring 89 This countrie's no that rowth o carnivores that we wadnae miss his, kin o the skunk tho he be. 1991 D. Purves tr. L. Po Clearin at Dawn in Lallans 36 31 Wi lowpin fish the blue puil is rowth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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