单词 | adjoiner |
释义 | adjoinern.ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > that which or one who is near neighbour?c1225 adjacenta1456 neighbourer1612 adjoiner1628 adjacency1646 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xcv. sig. Bb3v The giddy Ayrinesse of the French, I shall rather impute to their Dyet of Wine, and wilde Fowle, then to the difference of their Clime, it being so neere an adjoyner to ours. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams lxxxiii. 347 Steven's baths are, you know, close adjoiners to me. 2. U.S. (originally Law). A property or tract of land adjoining another; (also) the owner or occupier of such a property or tract. ΚΠ 1829 Rawle's Rep. (Pa.) 1 224 The levy, the venditioni exponas, and the conditions of sale, describe the premises by the same adjoiners mentioned in the sheriff's deed, but state the contents to be one hundred and ninety acres. 1841 F. Watts Rep. Cases Supreme Court Pa. 10 463 I do not know that the adjoiners agreed with Webb. 1891 Amer. Law Reg. 39 255 Endeavoring to impose upon the adjoining property a burden of lateral support in excess of that imposed upon it by law (which is at most simply that of supporting its adjoiner in its natural state). 1901 Homestead (Des Moines, Iowa) 30 May 8/2 The adjoiner who is not at fault and who does keep his own part of the fence in repair. 1961 Simpson's Leader-Times (Kittanning, Pa.) 3 Jan. 12/3 Containing 160 acres, more or less, and known as ‘Leonard Farm’, and more particularly described as an entire tract by present adjoiners. 2004 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 11 May a5 Notices on approximately 80 doors of adjoiners to the Arroyo Chamiso hike/bike path. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1628 |
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