syvern.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪvə/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪvər/, Scottish English

/ˈsaɪvər/

Forms: 1600s–1800s siver, 1800s syvo(u)r, syver.

Etymology: ? < (north-eastern) Old French sewiere sewer n.¹

Scottish.

= syre n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch

dikec893

gripa1000

ditch1045

fosselOE

water-furrowlOE

sow1316

furrowc1330

rick1332

sewer1402

gripplec1440

soughc1440

grindle1463

sheugh1513

syre1513

rain?1523

trench1523

slough1532

drain1552

fowsie?1553

thorougha1555

rean1591

potting1592

trink1592

syver1606

graft1644

work1649

by-ditch1650

water fence1651

master drain1652

rode1662

pudge1671

gripe1673

sulcus1676

rhine1698

rilling1725

mine1743

foot trench1765

through1777

trench drain1779

trenchlet1782

sunk fence1786

float1790

foot drain1795

tail-drain1805

flow-dike1812

groopa1825

holla1825

thorough drain1824

yawner1832

acequia madre1835

drove1844

leader1844

furrow-drain1858

1606 Charter in Dallas Stiles (1697) 774 Lie sinks, sivers, guttars, eyes,..airholls [etc.].

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 145 The manse..lies in a swamp, the inconvenience of which the present clergyman has..remedied by sivers, as they are here called.

1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 264 She [sc. a hare] made for the mouth o' the siver.

1867 J. K. Hunter Retrospect Artist's Life (1912) vii. 66 He has faun wi' a clash in the syvour.

1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick v. 62 There was Jess an' the kimmers a' stan'in wi' their boynes an' pails at the siver.

1900 J. G. Campbell Superstit. Sc. Highlands 209 An opening like the syver of a drain.

attributive.1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie 281 These guileless laddie-weans, sitting..by the syver-edge.1907 N. Munro Daft Days xiii. 112 He stood on the syver-side.1907 N. Munro Daft Days xvi. 141 The gulls that quarrelled in the syver sand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	syver
释义	syvern. Brit. /ˈsʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˈsaɪvər/, Scottish English /ˈsaɪvər/ Forms: 1600s–1800s siver, 1800s syvo(u)r, syver. Etymology: ? < (north-eastern) Old French sewiere sewer n.¹ Scottish. = syre n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch dikec893 gripa1000 ditch1045 fosselOE water-furrowlOE sow1316 furrowc1330 rick1332 sewer1402 gripplec1440 soughc1440 grindle1463 sheugh1513 syre1513 rain?1523 trench1523 slough1532 drain1552 fowsie?1553 thorougha1555 rean1591 potting1592 trink1592 syver1606 graft1644 work1649 by-ditch1650 water fence1651 master drain1652 rode1662 pudge1671 gripe1673 sulcus1676 rhine1698 rilling1725 mine1743 foot trench1765 through1777 trench drain1779 trenchlet1782 sunk fence1786 float1790 foot drain1795 tail-drain1805 flow-dike1812 groopa1825 holla1825 thorough drain1824 yawner1832 acequia madre1835 drove1844 leader1844 furrow-drain1858 1606 Charter in Dallas Stiles (1697) 774 Lie sinks, sivers, guttars, eyes,..airholls [etc.]. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 145 The manse..lies in a swamp, the inconvenience of which the present clergyman has..remedied by sivers, as they are here called. 1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 264 She [sc. a hare] made for the mouth o' the siver. 1867 J. K. Hunter Retrospect Artist's Life (1912) vii. 66 He has faun wi' a clash in the syvour. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick v. 62 There was Jess an' the kimmers a' stan'in wi' their boynes an' pails at the siver. 1900 J. G. Campbell Superstit. Sc. Highlands 209 An opening like the syver of a drain. attributive.1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie 281 These guileless laddie-weans, sitting..by the syver-edge.1907 N. Munro Daft Days xiii. 112 He stood on the syver-side.1907 N. Munro Daft Days xvi. 141 The gulls that quarrelled in the syver sand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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