单词 | shilly |
释义 | shillyn. northern. Gravel, shingle; (with plural) a pebble, small stone. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > pebble chesila700 pebbleOE pebble stoneOE gravel-stonec1450 calionc1459 pimble stone1577 rockstone1625 shilly1675 dornick1840 klip1852 jackstone1885 yonnie1941 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle chesila700 shilly1675 1675 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 307 Every shipp which shall discharge any shilly or stone ballast southwards of the shilly path in this river shall forfeit ten shillings. 1837 W. Thornber Hist. Blackpool 246 A beach of ‘shingle or shulla’, the principal portion of which falls from the cliffs. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Shilla, the loose stones on the sea-beach, the stony sea-beach. 1873 T. E. Brown Betsy Lee 24 A stream ran..down the glen, And soaked through the shilly, and out to the bay. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Shillies, Shilla, Shellies, shore-gravel. 1901 T. W. Wilson T'Bacca Queen xxviii. 261 She turned from the lamp-lighted road on to the wide strand of shillow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmasˈshilly ˈshilly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adverb] brightOE shilla1250 shillya1400 sonorously1595 resoundingly1611 canorously1680 resonantly1685 sonoriferously1693 soundingly1697 twangingly1825 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adverb] shilla1250 keenlyc1275 shirla1300 bremelya1375 sharp1377 shillya1400 shirlly1470 shrilly1582 whit1833 squeal1849 reedily1910 bleatingly1934 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 929 Þen schrikis schilli [Dublin shilly] all þe schalkis. < n.1675 as lemmas |
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