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单词 royed
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royedadj.

Brit. /rɔɪd/, U.S. /rɔɪd/, Scottish English /rɔɪd/
Origin: A borrowing from Scottish Gaelic, combined with an English element. Etymons: Scottish Gaelic ruaidhe , -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic ruaidhe defect in fir timber, literally ‘redness’ ( < ruadh red adj. + -e, suffix forming abstract nouns) + -ed suffix1.
Scottish. Now rare.
Of a tree or timber: having rotten or decayed heartwood; affected with heart rot.
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1751 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) Such Roy-trees as may be rejected by you.]
1864 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1865) 10 i. 424 We shall find, in the latter cases, portions of the wood quite dead,—what is called by workmen royed.
1870 A. Smith New Hist. Aberdeenshire I. 348 The old larch trees..are often found ‘royed’ or affected with heart rot.
1904 Trans. Royal Sc. Arboricultural Soc. 17 287 Little wonder that proprietors and foresters have so often to complain of ‘pumped’ elm and ‘royed’ larch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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