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单词 way-gang
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way-gangn.

Brit. /ˈweɪɡaŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌɡæŋ/, Scottish English /ˈweɡaŋ/
Forms: see way adv. and gang n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way adv., gang n.
Etymology: < way adv. + gang n. Compare earlier waygoing n. and waygate n.1 With sense 3 compare earlier way-go n. at way adv. Compounds 2; compare also earlier watergang n.Earlier currency in sense 3 is probably implied by quot. a1694 for way-go n. at way adv. Compounds 2.
Scottish (now chiefly Shetland and north-eastern).
1. = waygoing n. Sc. National Dict. (at wa-gang) records this sense as still in use in north-eastern Scotland in 1973.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out
foundingOE
partingc1300
outgoing?c1335
buskinga1400
way-gangingc1485
profectiona1538
departure1540
waygoinga1600
way-ganga1628
upcoming1654
outsettinga1698
setting-out1711
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun]
patheOE
gangOE
gangwayOE
passagec1300
wenta1325
goingc1350
transit1440
way-wenta1450
accessa1460
traduct1535
conveyance1542
ancoming1589
passado1599
avenue1600
passageway?1606
pass1608
way-ganga1628
approach1633
duct1670
waygate?c1690
way-goa1694
vent1715
archway1802
passway1825
approach road1833
fairway1903
a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 740 He that is evill of his harborie, is gude of his wayga[ng].
1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 27 Frost and fawshood have baith a dirty waygang.
1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns 81 It's dowie in the hint o' hairst At the wa'gang o' the swallow.
1883 J. Currie Poems & Songs 9 Yer 'wa'gang few laddies wad mourn, John Frost.
1894 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin: Swatches o' Hodden-Grey xxxi. 315 Their wa' gang [sc. the death of her parents] brak the hindmost link that bund her affections to Breeriebuss.
1922 E. S. Rae Glen Sketches 15 I jist ken Rob and Tam never cam' hame ahin their 'wa'gang.
1962 Buchan Observer 2 Jan. Ma mither gied tae th' door wi' the chielie fan he took his wa-gang.
2. A lingering taste or flavour; spec. an aftertaste. Also figurative. Sc. National Dict. (at wa-gang) records this sense as still in use in Shetland, north-eastern Scotland, and Angus in 1973.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > aftertaste
aftertaste1592
farewell1634
after treat1674
repetition?c1710
way-gang1754
by-taste1799
whang1905
1754 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 24 It [sc. ale] had an ugly knaggim, an' a wauch wa-gang.
1871 D. Gilmour ‘Pen’ Folk (1876) 46 It hasna the sweet wa'gang o' the auld times.
1933 J. Gray Lowrie 98 Da saut kidney maybe taks aff da waageng o' da oil.
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Waageng I aye tink at a cup o tae efter a diet o stap taks awa da waageng o da fish oil.
2002 C. De Luca Plain Song 25 Da Norn is lang gien, but hit's left a waageng at keetchins a tongue.
3. A channel in which water runs away from a watermill. Cf. earlier way-go n. at way adv. Compounds 2. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at wa-gang) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1973.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water
water leatOE
water lade1224
leat1279
watergang1293
sow1316
trough1398
wissinga1400
lanec1420
waterway1431
water leasow1440
watercoursea1450
fleam1523
lead1541
cut1548
aqueducta1552
lake1559
strand1565
race1570
channel1581
watergauge1597
gout1598
server1610
carriage1669
runnel1669
aquage1706
shoot1707
tewel1725
run1761
penstock1763
hulve1764
way-gang1766
culvert1774
flume1784
shute1790
pentrough1793
raceway1793
water carriage1793
carrier1794
conductor1796
water carrier1827
penchute1875
chute1878
by-cut1883
1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 81 To cause the water restagnate upon the way-gang of the pursuer's mill.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. The canal through which water runs in its course from a miln, Lanarks.; often the wa-gang o' the water.
1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 21 Doon the gluckin' wa-gang path They cross'd on stanners at the wath.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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