单词 | yeo |
释义 | yeon.1 local (south-west). A stream or drain (in mining). [In the following 16th cent. quots. the forms yew, yo are of doubtful identity; the river-name Yeo (Old English Eowan in oblique cases) may be intended: 1521 in E. Hobhouse Churchwardens' Accts. (1890) 139 In expenses for dyking ye new yew..xxiijs. iiijd. 1543 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 157 Payd for mowyng the yew..iijs. iiijd. 1558 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 170 Fo Dychinge..the parishe woorke in ye Yo..xvjd and xijd. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > in a mine yeo1725 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > drain or channel for carrying off water soughc1619 water level1698 yeo1725 plug box1883 1725 T. Pearce Laws Stannaries Introd. p. xiii Every Work may lawfully bring their Water from the River, which the Tinners [in Cornwall and Devon] commonly call the Yeo, without Denial or Contention. 1725 T. Pearce Laws Stannaries Introd. p. xiii Then they go [to] the Yeo, or River, and fetch home the Water which serves this Work. 1873 Q. Rev. 135 157 ‘Girts’ or ‘gulphs’ are names given by the moormen [of Dartmoor] to the long, and sometimes deep, excavations seaming the hill-sides, down which the miners led their stream, generally known as the ‘yeo’. 1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire Yeo, main drain of a level. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). yeon.2 colloquial. In plural = yeomanry n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry > other British Ironside1648 yeomanry1794 yeomanry cavalry1794 yeos1831 1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 534 M. Alford Yeo.] 1831 S. Lover Paddy the Piper in Legends & Stories Ireland 150 If the Husshians or the Yeo's ketches you. 1898 K. Tynan in Westm. Gaz. 12 Oct. 2/1 The yeos at Rathdrum had information that a house..was to be robbed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.11725n.21831 |
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