单词 | water-shut |
释义 | † water-shutn. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: = watershoot n. 2a.For a possible alternative interpretation of the use in quot. 1613, see note in etymology. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water weirc897 dama1340 millpond1371 pound1535 pent1587 water-shut1613 tumbling-bay1724 backwater1788 pen pond1904 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 79 A large well squared stone, which he would cut To serue his stile, or for some water-shut. 1768 R. Jones Hieroglyfic sig. D2v Conduit, a water shut so inclosed as to go together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1613 |
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