单词 | wayed |
释义 | wayedadj.1 Of a place (esp. a city): that has ways or streets. Chiefly as the second element of a compound, as many-wayed, wide-wayed, etc. three-wayed: = three-way adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] wayeda1382 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [adjective] three-wayeda1382 quadrivial1480 forked1525 two-way1571 three-way1587 two-hand1607 trivial1614 biviousa1644 bisected1794 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xv. 3 In his thre weied places [L. in triviis] thei ben gird with a sac. a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xix. 13 Now it is plauntid ouere in deseert, in loond not wayed [L. invia]. 1866 J. S. Blackie tr. Homer Iliad xvi, in Homer & Iliad III. 151 Till back to broad-wayed Troy [Gk. Τρῶάς] he drove stout Hector copper mailed. 1914 A. B. Cook tr. Homer in Zeus I. ix. 748 She came to Marathon and wide-wayed Athene. 1998 J. Rajchman Constructions iii. 46 Nietzsche's book may itself be said to be 'built'..in such a many-wayed or labyrinthine manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † wayedadj.2 Obsolete. Of a horse: trained for being ridden on the roads. Cf. way v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > obedient or well-trained > trained for going on roads wayeda1642 way-wise1901 a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 71 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) A well wayed horse will safely convay thee to thy journeys end. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Way'd Horse [with Horsemen] is one who is already backed, suppled, and broken, and shews a Disposition to the Manage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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