sheetyadj.

/ˈʃiːti/

Etymology: < sheet n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Spreading in a broad sheet: chiefly of a stretch of water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > having wide expanse of water

wide-watered1645

sheety1748

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent

broadOE

sideOE

wideOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

unridea1425

amplea1492

well-spreadc1540

main1548

overreaching1579

widespread1582

spacious1587

wide-spreading1587

scopeful1598

vasty1598

scopious1599

vast1600

worldwide1602

spaceful1621

dimensious1632

voluminousa1661

extensive1706

sheety1748

sweeping1772

extended1779

expansive1806

wide-spreaded1820

heaven-wide1835

spanless1847

rangy1898

1748 W. Collins in R. Dodsley Coll. of Poems I. 332 Then lead, calm Vot'ress, where some sheety lake Cheers the lone heath.

1794 T. Gisborne Walks in Forest vi. 44 Streams..down the hills Spread sheety o'er the slopes.

a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. viii, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) II. 346 Oil, which rounds and conglutinates, spreads less than the sheety medium of Fresco.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge in J. Cottle Early Recoll. (1837) II. 255 The sheety burst Of lightning o'er the awaken'd midnight clouds.

2. Geology. Showing a tendency to break up into thin tabulæ.

ΚΠ

1902 Contrib. Econ. Geol. (U.S. Geol. Survey, Bulletin 213) 287 This coal..is almost invariably overlain by black, sheety, bituminous shale.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sheety
释义	sheetyadj. /ˈʃiːti/ Etymology: < sheet n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Spreading in a broad sheet: chiefly of a stretch of water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > having wide expanse of water wide-watered1645 sheety1748 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent broadOE sideOE wideOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 unridea1425 amplea1492 well-spreadc1540 main1548 overreaching1579 widespread1582 spacious1587 wide-spreading1587 scopeful1598 vasty1598 scopious1599 vast1600 worldwide1602 spaceful1621 dimensious1632 voluminousa1661 extensive1706 sheety1748 sweeping1772 extended1779 expansive1806 wide-spreaded1820 heaven-wide1835 spanless1847 rangy1898 1748 W. Collins in R. Dodsley Coll. of Poems I. 332 Then lead, calm Vot'ress, where some sheety lake Cheers the lone heath. 1794 T. Gisborne Walks in Forest vi. 44 Streams..down the hills Spread sheety o'er the slopes. a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. viii, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) II. 346 Oil, which rounds and conglutinates, spreads less than the sheety medium of Fresco. a1834 S. T. Coleridge in J. Cottle Early Recoll. (1837) II. 255 The sheety burst Of lightning o'er the awaken'd midnight clouds. 2. Geology. Showing a tendency to break up into thin tabulæ. ΚΠ 1902 Contrib. Econ. Geol. (U.S. Geol. Survey, Bulletin 213) 287 This coal..is almost invariably overlain by black, sheety, bituminous shale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1748
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