wind-drivenadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪn(d)ˌdrɪvn/, U.S.

/ˈwɪn(d)ˌdrɪvən/

Forms: Also Middle English -dryve, -drive.

Etymology: < wind n.¹ + driven adj.

Driven, carried, impelled, or propelled by the wind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > [adjective] > impelled > by the wind

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 137 Seyllynge in þe see he was wynd dryven into Affrica.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 49 Wynddrive he was al soudeinly Upon the strondes of Cilly.

c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 16 Huge mountaines of windedriven sandes.

a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 87 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Certaine tall ships of theirs were wind-driven thither.

1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 345 St. Iames compares the faithlesse man to the winde~driuen waue.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 412 That Enemy, that would invade it, and were wind-driven on the British Coast.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 329 Like wind-driv'n hail, it did assail.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xliv The harbour was a sheet of wind-driven foam.

1899 H. Sutcliffe Shameless Wayne i. 1 To brush away a cobweb, wind-driven against her cheek.

1906 L. C. Cornford Defenceless Islands 75 Ships, coal-driven instead of wind-driven.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wind-driven adj.

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1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. iii. 89 The sun shining on the wind-driven sand that covers them [sc. hilltops].

1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 102 The Strait of Dover may accept a wind-driven residual current averaging 3½ miles and occasionally reaching 20 miles per lunar day.

单词	wind-driven
释义	wind-drivenadj. Brit. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌdrɪvn/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌdrɪvən/ Forms: Also Middle English -dryve, -drive. Etymology: < wind n.¹ + driven adj. Driven, carried, impelled, or propelled by the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > [adjective] > impelled > by the wind wind-drivena1387 racked1858 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 137 Seyllynge in þe see he was wynd dryven into Affrica. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 49 Wynddrive he was al soudeinly Upon the strondes of Cilly. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 16 Huge mountaines of windedriven sandes. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 87 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Certaine tall ships of theirs were wind-driven thither. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 345 St. Iames compares the faithlesse man to the winde~driuen waue. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 412 That Enemy, that would invade it, and were wind-driven on the British Coast. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 329 Like wind-driv'n hail, it did assail. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xliv The harbour was a sheet of wind-driven foam. 1899 H. Sutcliffe Shameless Wayne i. 1 To brush away a cobweb, wind-driven against her cheek. 1906 L. C. Cornford Defenceless Islands 75 Ships, coal-driven instead of wind-driven. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas wind-driven wind-driven adj. ΚΠ 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. iii. 89 The sun shining on the wind-driven sand that covers them [sc. hilltops]. 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 102 The Strait of Dover may accept a wind-driven residual current averaging 3½ miles and occasionally reaching 20 miles per lunar day. extracted from windn.¹ < adj.a1387 as lemmas
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wind-drivenadj.

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