| 单词 | well-eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell-eye well-eye n. Scottish and English regional (northern) a spot in a bog where a spring rises to the surface; a small pool of spring-water; (figurative) a source. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] > in a marsh well-eyec1540 wellhead1816 the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] welleOE mothereOE ordeOE wellspringeOE fathereOE headeOE oreOE wellspringOE rootc1175 morea1200 beginningc1200 head wella1325 sourcec1374 principlea1382 risinga1382 springinga1382 fountain14.. springerc1410 nativity?a1425 racinea1425 spring1435 headspring?a1439 seminaryc1440 originationc1443 spring wellc1450 sourdre1477 primordialc1487 naissance1490 wellhead?1492 offspringa1500 conduit-head1517 damc1540 springhead1547 principium1550 mint1555 principal1555 centre1557 head fountain1563 parentage1581 rise1589 spawna1591 fount1594 parent1597 taproot1601 origin1604 fountainhead1606 radix1607 springa1616 abundary1622 rist1622 primitive1628 primary1632 land-spring1642 extraction1655 upstart1669 progenerator1692 fontala1711 well-eye1826 first birth1838 ancestry1880 Quelle1893 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. iii. f. 56/1 Thay knew nocht the ground and fell sumtymes in swardis of mossis & sumtyme in well Eys. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 30 I was lyin tawin an' wamlin..like..a stirkie that had staver'd into a well-eye. 1820 Marmaiden of Clyde ii, in Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. 6 422 An' the marmaid's goun was green as grass In the cauld wall-ee that grows. 1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds xxxv. 317 The cause o' our national decay, and agricultural distress,..come a'thegither frae another well-ee. 1914 S. R. Crockett Silver Sand vi. 47 Only the one way out, which is shut by the bottomless green ‘well-eyes’ and sleechy quicksands of the ill-omened moss of Cooran. 2009 J. Westwood & S. Kingshill Lore of Scotl. 65/1 Wandering about, he sank at last into a ‘well-eye’, or bog, in which he died. < as lemmas |
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