单词 | soddy |
释义 | soddyadj.n. A. adj. Abounding in sods; consisting or composed of sods; of the nature of a sod. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [adjective] > sod soddy1611 cespititious17.. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Motteux, cloddie, turfie, soddie. 1779 W. Marshall Exper. & Observ. conc. Agric. & Weather 98 By burying the soddy edge of the Plit, they are now less grassy than the Leys were before plowing. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 i. 168 Reduce the soddy texture of the soil. 1865 Rep. Maine Board Agric. 10 62 The partially decomposed sward dries up on the surface, making the ground ‘soddy’ and uneven. B. n. 1. A sod-house. North American (western). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific material or construction thatch-house1521 slate house1554 thack housec1600 frame house1627 log-house1662 straw1665 thatch1693 tin-house1798 fog house1799 leaf house1811 rock house1818 black house1819 blockhouse1821 white house1824 slab-and-bark house1826 brown house1845 brush house1854 soddy1877 hurdle-housea1879 bottle house1913 stucco1922 prefab1942 Portal house1944 Airey1945 yali1962 1877 H. Ruede Let. 24 Apr. in J. Ise Sod-Louse Days (1937) 57 Many of the young bachelors..were building their own ‘soddies’. 1893 Pilgrim Missionary June 8/1 Brother T—— has a large circuit of three churches, and lives in a ‘soddy’. 1970 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Nov. 10/4 It was a sort of soddy, the rear dug into a cut~bank. 2. One who occupies or who has occupied a sod-house. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > inhabitants of specific types of house cottager1523 cotquean1547 coter1631 cottier1820 tenement householder1894 homecrofter1897 block dweller1902 soddy1958 1958 H. B. Allen in Publ. Amer. Dialect Soc. xxx. 11 The persistence of sodbuster and soddy as not necessarily opprobrious designations of the new settlers [in North Dakota]. 1977 Westworld (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) May 6/2 I..received a nicely decorated certificate to the effect that I was a Soddy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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