单词 | spill- |
释义 | spill-comb. form the stem of spill v. in combination. spill-berry n. Π ?1562 Thersytes sig. D.iiv The spere of spanysshe spylbery sprente wt spiteful spottes. spill-bread n. Π c1320 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 122 My wyf that shulde be;..Hue clepeth me spille-bred. spill-cause n. Π ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce 64 Doe they use Bartolus, and Baldus, and such other spill causes to set men togither by the eares? spill-good n. Π 1626 J. Minsheu Ductor in Linguas 683/1 Spill-good, vi[de] Spend-thrift. spill-love n. Π 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 336 [Pride] sente forth..his spye spille-loue, one speke-yuel~byhynde. spill-pain n. (= bread) Π a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 313 Spyll-payn, in fayth, I hight. spill-soul adj. Π 1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch i. sig. C j So sore inchaunted with spill-soule spells. spill-time n. Π 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 28 An ydel man þow semest,..oþer a spille-tyme. 2. dialect. In the sense ‘spoilt’, as spill-wood. ΚΠ 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Spilwood, refuse of wood, or wood spilt by the sawyers. South. 1852–83 in Hampshire and Sussex glossaries. 3. In the sense ‘constructed for (or by) the passage of surplus water, for receiving overflow liquid, etc.’ See also spillway n. spill-back n. Brit. /ˈspɪlbak/ , U.S. /ˈspɪlˌbæk/ Π 1899 F. H. King Irrigation & Drainage vi. 247 The depth of the water over the lip of the spill-back. spill-box n. Brit. /ˈspɪlbɒks/ , U.S. /ˈspɪlˌbɑks/ Π 1899 F. H. King Irrigation & Drainage vi. 245 The spill-box..is, perhaps, as satisfactory a means for maintaining a nearly uniform head against..an opening as has yet been devised. spill channel n. Brit. /ˈspɪl ˌtʃaŋl/ , U.S. /ˈspɪl ˌtʃæn(ə)l/ spill stream n. Brit. /ˈspɪl striːm/ , U.S. /ˈspɪl ˌstrim/ Π 1888 19th Cent. Jan. 43 The Bhagirathi,..for centuries a mere spill-stream from the parent Ganges. spill-trough n. Brit. /ˈspɪltrɒf/ , U.S. /ˈspɪlˌtrɔf/ , /ˈspɪlˌtrɑf/ Π 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 327 The flask..is put on the surface of the pouring or spill-trough. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2268/1 Spill-trough, (Brass-founding), the trough against which the inclined flask rests while the metal is being poured from the crucible. spill-water n. Brit. /ˈspɪlwɔːtə/ , U.S. /ˈspɪlˌwɔdər/ , /ˈspɪlˌwɑdər/ Π 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 251 Spill water, réservoir..; excavation pour recevoir les inondations d'une rivière. 1875 A. Smith New Hist. Aberdeenshire i. 75 The Commissioners resolved to make..a spill-water to the south of the harbour. 4. spillbank n. Brit. /ˈspɪlbaŋk/ , U.S. /ˈspɪlˌbæŋk/ (see quot. 1961).ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [noun] > by water roddon1857 platform-mud1863 cone1864 fan1864 levee1870 alluvial fan1873 apron1889 sand-wash1901 scroll1902 spillbank1909 sheet-flow1928 point bar1945 1909 H. M. Wilson Irrigation Engin. (ed. 6) xix. 560 The material brought up by these [buckets] is deposited on one of two endless belt-carriers running on booms which dump it on either spillbank. 1961 L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 427/2 Spill-bank is the term used by British and Indian engineers engaged in river training for the bank of coarse alluvium spilled over by a river in flood (C. C. Inglis). 5. In the sense ‘that empties by spilling’, as spillbucket. Π 1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 20 Bric-a-brac Pick-a-back Spillbucket Splits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. formc1320 |
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