单词 | sea woad |
释义 | > as lemmassea woad More fully sea woad, woad of the sea. Seaweed, esp. that cast on the shore and gathered for use as fertilizer.Chiefly in the work of George Owen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > seaweeds used as fuel or manure warec725 sea-warec1000 kelpa1387 orewood1586 ore1587 float-ore1602 vraic1610 woad of the seaa1613 oarweed1622 bell-ware1812 laminaria1848 a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) vii. 55 Havinge lyme, sand woade of the sea and divers other principall helpes to better the soile, where neede is. a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) vii. 55 Narberth have the better lande and better meanes of mendinge as lyme, sand, sea woad, stonne marle. a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) viii. 75 The sea ore, or woad as some call yt, which is verye weedes growinge vnder water in the sea vpon rockes and stones. 1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) 311 Refuse of the Tan-pit, Sea-woad, Linnen Clowts and old Rags. < as lemmas |
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