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单词 self-lough
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self-loughn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, lough n.3
Etymology: < self- prefix + lough n.3Cavities of the type described at the main sense sometimes contain water (compare lough-water n. at lough n.3), apparently leading the author of quot. 1700 to associate the second element with lough n.1
Mining. English regional (northern). Obsolete.
A natural cavity in a rock or mineral vein; = loch n.2, lough n.3
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1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. i. iv. 71 There are sometimes Cavities in the Body of this [Spar], and likewise in the Lead-Ore, which are impleted with Water, tho' there are no apparent Aqueducts leading to them; these by the Miners are stiled Self-Loughs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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