单词 | sun-under |
释义 | sun-undern. South African. Now rare (chiefly in the English of Afrikaans speakers). Sunset; sundown. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > sunset sunsetOE settle-gangc1000 evensongc1330 sun going downa1382 setc1386 decline14.. sun restc1405 sun gate down1440 sunsetting1440 sun sitting?a1475 falling1555 sunsetting1575 downsetting1582 sunfall1582 declining1588 sun go down1595 tramontation1599 vail1609 daylight gate1613 sundown1620 set of day1623 dayset1633 day shutting1673 sky setting1683 sun-under1865 1865 T. Leaske Diary 26 Aug. in Southern Afr. Diaries (1954) 21 Trekked till sun-under. 1891 E. Glanville Fossicker xii. 94 I would..creep on after him from sun up to sun under. 1915 J. K. O'Connor Afrikander Rebellion 103 They may be found on the river diggings, starving, working from sun-up to sun-under, searching for the stones. 1947 H. C. Bosman Mafeking Road 58 At sun-under he will come. 2016 Why Hare has Slit Nose (e-book, accessed 12 Dec. 2016) It is like the wind in the ummbila (corn) land at sun-under. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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