单词 | shake-time |
释义 | > as lemmasshake-time e. dialect. The shaking out of corn from the ear. Also in combination shake-time. Cf. shack n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > season of growth, flourishing, or fruiting seasona1300 shake-time1668 fructescence1793 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > grain fallen from ear > shaking corn out of the ear shake1794 1668 J. Worlidge Dict. Rusticum in Systema Agric. Shake-time, the season of the year that Mast and such Fruits, fall from Trees. 1794 Har'st Rig vi. 6 And ay they tell, That, ‘a green shear Is an ill shake’. 1899 Cumbld. Gloss. at Shear A green shear's as bad as a shak. < as lemmas |
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