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单词 water-shut
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water-shutn.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: watershoot n.
Etymology: Probably a variant of watershoot n. (compare watershoot n. 2a).W. Browne (compare quot. 1613) was from Devon, where shut is attested as a variant of shoot n.1 in the 19th cent., denoting a spout. Compare the following, which refers to Browne, but shows an alternative interpretation, by association with shut n.11801 G. Mason Suppl. to Johnson's Dict. Watershut, any thing that dams up a current of water.
Obsolete. rare.
Perhaps: = watershoot n. 2a.For a possible alternative interpretation of the use in quot. 1613, see note in etymology.
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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).
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