释义 |
▪ I. wassal local. Also wassel. [Of obscure origin.] The stems of seaweed used as a manure.
1797J. Bailey & Culley Agric. Northumbld. 118 The fucus digitatus (wassels) is the great favourite. 1892J. C. Hodgson in Hist. Berwicksh. Naturalists' Club XIV. 115 note, The stems..become detached from their rocks about October, and are locally named ‘belks’ or ‘wassal’. ▪ II. wassal(l, -ale see vassal, wassail. |