| 单词 | to stank back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stank back a. To dam or strengthen the banks of a stream. Also to stank back, to stank up (water). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > embank > strengthen (bank) wharf1569 to stank back1656 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [verb (transitive)] > provide with levees or embankments to stank back1656 levee1832 1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 154 I'le..stanck up the salt Conducts of mine eyes To watch thy shame, and weep mine obsequies. 1829 in C. R. Ashbee Last Rec. Cotswold Community (1904) 6 Jno. Steel stanking the water and mounding in meadow. 0. 1. 6. 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 100 A man shutting down a floodgate would stank back the water. 1881 J. E. Cussans Cashio in Hist. Hertfordshire III. 321 Water-courses are stanked where they take a sharp turn. < as lemmas |
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