sheetyadj.
/ˈʃiːti/ 1. Spreading in a broad sheet: chiefly of a stretch of water.
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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.
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1902 Contrib. Econ. Geol. (U.S. Geol. Survey, Bulletin 213) 287 This coal..is almost invariably overlain by black, sheety, bituminous shale.
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