| 单词 | to spot one's run |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spot one's run 8. transitive. New Zealand. To select and purchase (the choicest parts of an area of land) in order to make the remainder unattractive for purchase by others. Frequently in to spot one's run: see run n.2 13. Cf. gridironing n. at gridiron v. Derivatives. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > colonize (a place) [verb (transitive)] > select place to colonize spot1856 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > take (land) into occupation > in specific way spot1856 1856 E. M. Curr Waste Lands Province Wellington 30 The practice of which I speak is called in New Zealand ‘spotting’ or ‘spoiling’ country. 1864 E. Muter Trav. & Adventures Officer's Wife II. xiii. 260 ‘Cockatoos’, as the station-owners call the other [class of land-purchasers], who ‘spotted’ his run all over with fifty and one hundred acre sections. 1871 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 10 685/2 He..confessed, though with some shame, to have formerly helped a man to spot his run, and to pick out the best pieces of country. 1938 R. M. Burdon High Country 123 Much buying was done in self-defence; for if men did not ‘spot’ their own runs, speculators would do it for them. 1948 L. Lipson Politics of Equality 59 If he wished to gain control over a large area without purchasing all of it, he could pick out or ‘spot’ the best sections, buying only these and leaving the inferior portions which were valueless without adjacent good land. < as lemmas |
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