单词 | tump |
释义 | tumpn. 1. A hillock, mound, a mole-hill, or ant-hill; a barrow, tumulus. local. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > small mound balkc885 bankc1175 hill1297 hillock1382 mow?1424 sunka1522 tump1589 anthill1598 pustule1651 mound1791 hag1805 moundlet1808 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock barrowc885 burrowc885 berryc1000 knapc1000 knollc1000 ball1166 howa1340 toft1362 hillocka1382 tertre1480 knowec1505 hilleta1552 hummock1555 mountainettea1586 tump1589 butt1600 mountlet1610 mounture1614 colline1641 tuft1651 knock?17.. tummock1789 mound1791 tomhan1811 koppie1848 tuffet1877 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. G4 They brought him vnawares to a dunghill, taking it for a tumpe, since a Tombe might not be had. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 84 (note) No traces remained..but highe and rounde toompes of earth. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 283 Tomps of erth. 1670 J. Evelyn Pomona vii. 24 in Sylva (ed. 2) To raise Tumps, or temporary banks in the midst of an Inclosure. 1763 J. Hutchins in W. C. Lukis Mem. W. Stukeley (1883) II. 133 On the top of the hill..are small tumps. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 313 Cutting up anthills, or tumps, as we call them. 1881 E. A. Freeman in Life & Lett. (1895) II. 245 A few tumps so old that you can tell nothing about them. 1891 Kelly's P.O. Guide Herefordsh. 1 Tump is a peculiar term for barrow hills in the western shires..the Tumps at Bolston, Horne Lacy, and Hope Mansel. 2. A clump of trees or shrubs; a clump of grass, esp. one forming a dry spot in a bog or fen. local. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > tuft, clump, or cluster of plants hassockc1450 tuft?1523 tusk1530 tush1570 hill1572 dollop1573 clumpa1586 rush1593 trail1597 tussock1607 wreath1610 stool1712 tump1802 sheaf1845 massif1888 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Snipe—Common The nest..is placed on a tump or dry spot. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. iii. 38 He..looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley I. xvii. 273 Every tump of wiry grass. 3. A heap of anything; a hay-cock or rick; a heap of stones. local.Also a store-heap of potatoes, turnips, etc., covered with straw and earth ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation > heap or pile heapc725 cockeOE hill1297 tassc1330 glub1382 mow?1424 bulkc1440 pile1440 pie1526 bing1528 borwen1570 ruck1601 rick1608 wreck1612 congest1625 castle1636 coacervation1650 congestion1664 cop1666 cumble1694 bin1695 toss1695 thurrock1708 rucklea1725 burrow1784 mound1788 wad1805 stook1865 boorach1868 barrow1869 sorites1871 tump1892 fid1926 clamp- 1892 Stratford-on-Avon Herald 5 Aug. 4/2 To sell by Auction,..Tump of Old Hay about 2 tons. 1905 Daily News 24 Jan. 6 A tump of rubbish. 4. figurative. Trivial writing, bad prose. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > [noun] > bad prose proseology1850 tump1917 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 172 It's the most vital, arresting and dynamic bit of tump I've done up to date. 1933 D. L. Murray Eng. Family Robinson ii. 36 Did you ever read such tump as our parish magazine? Derivatives ˈtumpy adj. of ground: humpy, hummocky. Π 1825 in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tumpv.1 local. To make a ‘tump’ or mound about the root of a tree. Also, to store roots in a tump ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > make mound about roots of tree tump1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II To Tump, to fence trees. Derivatives ˈtumping n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > (making) mounds about roots tumping1721 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Tumping, a sort of Fencing for Trees. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Paling This Method is..more chargeable than Tumping.., but much more durable. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Paling Tumping, a sort of Fencing in Fields, when a Tree is set..no deeper than to make it stand, tho' all the Roots be not cover'd, till the Tump or Mould be raised about it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). tumpv.2 U.S. transitive. To drag or carry by means of a tump-line. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > draw along or haul [verb (transitive)] > of a person > by a strap around forehead tump1855 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature I. ix. 268 A man passed the..barrack gate, tumping (..which means..hauling,) an immense bull moose on a sled. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) To Tump. Probably an Indian word... ‘We tumped the deer to our cabin’. (Maine.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2019). tumpv.3 U.S. dialect and colloquial. transitive. To strike (a person) forcibly; to pound, thump. Also, to knock down or over roughly. ΚΠ 1893 S. Crane Maggie x. 89 ‘..I'll tump 'im till he can't stand.’.. ‘What's deh use! Yeh'll git pulled in!’ 1926 E. Walrond Tropic Death i. 28 Shut up befor' I tump yo' down! 1931 Amer. Speech 7 31 Negro Vocabulary... tump v., thump. 1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 68 Tump over, tip or knock over. ‘Don't tump over that glass!’ 1983 Dallas Morning News 22 May f1/5 I wuz gonna take a big drank of muh Arro Cee Cola until you came by and tumped it over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589v.11721v.21855v.31893 |
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