| 单词 | woad ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoad ground woad ground n. now historical ΚΠ 1616 G. Markham in tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) Table of Additions sig. Sss3v/2 Woad-ground, 309. the making of Woad, 309. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxxiii. 226 You have in many of your great, deep, rich pastures, many hils and hill sides good Woad-ground. 1705 tr. Whole Art of Dying 350 Sheep should be put into the Woad Grounds to eat up the Grass and Weeds. 1811 National Reg. 1 Dec. 764/1 She went to work in the woad grounds. 1912 P. H. Ditchfield Cottages & Village Life Rural Eng. xv. 170 A century ago there were still woad or ‘wad’ grounds near Hardingstone. 1997 J. Thirsk Alternative Agric. (2001) ii. iv. 84 Such directions and field names..locate this woad ground in a part of the parish where the land had not yet been brought into a state of high cultivation. < as lemmas |
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