单词 | winterward |
释义 | winterwardn.adv. Somewhat rare. The direction of winter. Only in to (also into) winterward: = winterwards adv. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 105 (MED) Þan it drow in-to wyntyrwarde. 1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes iii. 157 That Season [sc. Autumn]..hath To Winter ward, as leasurely a path. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell iii. x. 321 For the next word was not said Ere her face waned again to winter-ward As a moon smitten. B. adv. Towards or in the direction of winter; = winterwards adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [adverb] > through, during, or towards winter winterishly1716 winterlong1843 winterward1868 winters?c1870 1868 Indianapolis Jrnl. 17 Sept. 8/1 The weather yesterday advanced several degrees winterward. 1909 H. E. Butler tr. Petronius in Post-Augustan Poetry 136 Now autumn had brought its cool shades, Phoebus' reins glowed less hot and he was looking winterward. 2001 Observer (Nexis) 23 Sept. 61 It is not just in the kitchen that all movement is winterward. The cardoons have been cut down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adv.a1438 |
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