bumbyn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmbi/, U.S.

/ˈbəmbi/

Forms: 1600s bumbie, 1600s 1800s– bumby, 1700s–1800s bumbay.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

Now English regional (southern).

A quagmire; (also) a receptacle or place for kitchen or garden waste; a rubbish heap or compost heap; a cesspit. In later use usually attributive, as bumby-heap, bumby-hole, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog

mizzyc1400

quawa1500

quick-mire1509

quavemire1530

quallmire1553

quamire1555

quagmire1566

quakemire1577

gog-mire1583

quag1589

quabmire1597

quadmire1610

bog-mire1624

bumby1632

quick1648

trembling bog1697

shake-bog1815

quake1896

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > composting > compost heap

bumby1632

compost-heap1780

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit

sink1413

midden pita1425

sinkhole1456

suspiralc1512

sentine1537

dung pit1598

muck pit1598

sinker1623

bumby1632

sump1680

sump hole1754

jaw-hole1760

recess1764

cesspool1783

dead-hole1856

soil-tank1861

cesspit1864

lagoon1909

sewage lagoon1930

1632 A. Harsnett Cordiall for Afflicted 448 The stinking smell, and savour of some dunghill, or bumby is kept in, and not smelled, untill it be stirred.

1667 A. Caley Glimpse of Eternity (1679) xi. 112 We should then follow Austins counsel, to turn the water from the Bumbie into the Garden.

1784 J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23. iii. 170 A Bumbay. A quagmire, from stagnating water, dung, &c. such as is often seen in farm-yards.

1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Bumby, a quag, quagmire...a deep place of mire and dung, a filthy puddle.

1892 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. (at cited word) Let him inter that owd bumby ditch.

1959 G. Mitchell Man who grew Tomatoes viii. 10 ‘What happened to the tomatoes?’..‘Bumby-hole, madam.’..‘Was there any chance that the tomatoes could be retrieved from the dust-heap?’

2015 Church Times 19 June 40/3 The white petals became brown, and the entire memorial was obviously due for the bumby-heap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bumby
释义	bumbyn. Brit. /ˈbʌmbi/, U.S. /ˈbəmbi/ Forms: 1600s bumbie, 1600s 1800s– bumby, 1700s–1800s bumbay. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Now English regional (southern). A quagmire; (also) a receptacle or place for kitchen or garden waste; a rubbish heap or compost heap; a cesspit. In later use usually attributive, as bumby-heap, bumby-hole, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog mizzyc1400 quawa1500 quick-mire1509 quavemire1530 quallmire1553 quamire1555 quagmire1566 quakemire1577 gog-mire1583 quag1589 quabmire1597 quadmire1610 bog-mire1624 bumby1632 quick1648 trembling bog1697 shake-bog1815 quake1896 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > composting > compost heap bumby1632 compost-heap1780 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit sink1413 midden pita1425 sinkhole1456 suspiralc1512 sentine1537 dung pit1598 muck pit1598 sinker1623 bumby1632 sump1680 sump hole1754 jaw-hole1760 recess1764 cesspool1783 dead-hole1856 soil-tank1861 cesspit1864 lagoon1909 sewage lagoon1930 1632 A. Harsnett Cordiall for Afflicted 448 The stinking smell, and savour of some dunghill, or bumby is kept in, and not smelled, untill it be stirred. 1667 A. Caley Glimpse of Eternity (1679) xi. 112 We should then follow Austins counsel, to turn the water from the Bumbie into the Garden. 1784 J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23. iii. 170 A Bumbay. A quagmire, from stagnating water, dung, &c. such as is often seen in farm-yards. 1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Bumby, a quag, quagmire...a deep place of mire and dung, a filthy puddle. 1892 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. (at cited word) Let him inter that owd bumby ditch. 1959 G. Mitchell Man who grew Tomatoes viii. 10 ‘What happened to the tomatoes?’..‘Bumby-hole, madam.’..‘Was there any chance that the tomatoes could be retrieved from the dust-heap?’ 2015 Church Times 19 June 40/3 The white petals became brown, and the entire memorial was obviously due for the bumby-heap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1632
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