单词 | swilly |
释义 | swillyn. dialect. 1. A detached portion of a coal-seam; also, a local thickening of a coal-seam: = swelly n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > stratum or bed > of coal > part of coal seam symon fault1834 swilly1836 split1877 underply1883 wall-coal1886 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. ii. 162 These little basins are provincially called swilleys. They seldom exceed a mile or a mile and a half in length, and none of them has been worked. 2. An eddy or whirlpool; also in combination swilly-hole (see quot. 1890). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > pool as part of weelc897 poolOE dub1535 linn1577 potc1650 waterhole1688 plumbc1780 swimming hole1867 black hole1869 water pit1881 swilly-hole1890 swim-hole1924 1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 95 I'd sooner lig like an eel in a swilly hole all my days. Note, A swilly hole = a pool at the bend of a stream. 3. ‘A hollow place;..a gutter washed out of the soil’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > notch or channel rut?1611 sluit1818 overflow channel1863 overflow1883 swilly1899 spillway1914 flute1935 1899 Evesham Jrnl. 25 Mar. 7/7 The drainage was what was locally known as discharging into ‘swilleys’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). swillyadj. rare. Addicted to swilling or heavy drinking. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] bibbling1565 tippling1567 bousing1569 bibbing1594 stiff1594 upsy Dutch1612 bezzling1617 fuddling1654 potulent1656 toping1668 groggy1770 Bacchant1800 three-bottle1806 swilly1824 potatory1834 two-bottle1855 1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 199 Father Crackenthorpe jovial, and stuffy, and swilly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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