单词 | sea-sand |
释义 | sea-sandn. 1. a. Sand of the sea or of the sea-shore. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > sand > types of sea-sandc1220 black sand1536 gold sand1578 quicksand1641 iron sand1681 crag1735 Bude sand1808 musical sand1858 sounding sand1884 singing sand1897 squeaking sand1966 c1220 Bestiary 504 A neilond ðat sete one ðe se sond. c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xlvii The messingerus welke bi the see sonde. c1450 Mirk's Festial 206 Þen saw he a chylde syttyng on þe see-sownde. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 184 A certaine kind of fruitfull Sea-sand. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 53 Sea-sand mingled with the Mould..contributes to the flourishing of this rare Exotick. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iv, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 21 Thou art long and lank and brown As is the ribb'd Sea-sand. 1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) vi. 275 It is remarkable to see this graceful palm rising from the very sea-sand. 1903 P. W. Joyce Social Hist. Anc. Ireland I. iv. 103 One [sc. sling-missile], called the tathlum, made by the Dedannans, was composed of the blood of toads, bears, and vipers, mixed up with sea-sand and hardened. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude sandc825 thousandc1000 un-i-rimeOE legiona1325 fernc1325 multitudec1350 hundred1362 abundancec1384 quantityc1390 sight1390 felec1394 manyheada1400 lastc1405 sortc1475 infinityc1480 multiplie1488 numbers1488 power1489 many1525 flock1535 heapa1547 multitudine1547 sort1548 myriads1555 myriads1559 infinite1563 tot-quot1565 dickera1586 multiplea1595 troop1596 multitudes1598 myriad1611 sea-sands1656 plurality1657 a vast many1695 dozen1734 a good few1756 nation1762 vast1793 a wheen (of)1814 swad1828 lot1833 tribe1833 slew1839 such a many1841 right smart1842 a million and one1856 horde1860 a good several1865 sheaf1865 a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869 immense1872 dunnamuch1875 telephone number1880 umpty1905 dunnamany1906 skit1913 umpteen1919 zillion1922 gang1928 scrillion1935 jillion1942 900 number1977 gazillion1978 fuckload1984 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxvii. 158 [They] do for number equal the stars of heaven, or the sea-sands. 2. plural. Tracts of sea-sand; = sand n.2 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > sandy sea-sandsc1420 sands1450 c1420 Anturs of Arth. 268 He shal lighte ful lowe on þe se sondes. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §572 The Sea-Sands seldome beare Plants. 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 160 The way thither is on the Sea-sands. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. iii. 18 The rude steps that wound down the cliff to the smooth sea-sands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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