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单词 rowth
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rowthn.1

Brit. /rəʊθ/, U.S. /roʊθ/, Scottish English /rʌʊθ/, /ruθ/
Forms: 1600s rowth; Scottish pre-1700 routhe, pre-1700 routht, pre-1700 1800s– routh, pre-1700 (1900s– Shetland) rowth, 1800s rooth (Shetland), 1900s– roothe (Orkney), 1900s– ruth (Shetland).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: row v.1, -th suffix1.
Etymology: < row v.1 + -th suffix1. Compare Old Icelandic róðr act of rowing (see rudder n.). Compare earlier rowing n.1Compare Old English rōwet rowing, variant (with restoration of the unmutated stem vowel after row v.1) of rēwet < the Germanic base of row v.1 + the Germanic base of -et suffix2 (with i-mutation caused by the suffix).
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.
2. A stroke of the oar(s). Obsolete. rare.
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

Brit. /raʊθ/, U.S. /raʊθ/, Scottish English /rʌʊθ/
Forms: 1600s– routh, 1700s– rowth.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Chiefly Scottish.
Abundance, plenty. Also as a count noun: a large quantity . Frequently with of.
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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.

Brit. /raʊθ/, U.S. /raʊθ/, Scottish English /rʌʊθ/
Forms: 1700s–1800s routh, 1700s– rowth, 1800s ruth.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rowth n.2
Etymology: < rowth n.2
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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