| 释义 |
ˈwevet s.w. dial.
[f. weave v. Cf. weft n.1]
A cobweb. † Also collect.
1499–1500Churchw. Acc. S. Edmund, Sarum (1896) 51 To Will. Belrynger for Strykyng downe of the Weuet in the Churche. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 56 b, Ye skyppe over the open Oracles of truth, and are entangled in the wevett of errour. [Cf. spider-wevet s.v. Spider 10.] 1825Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 134 Tha church war durty.—Wevets here Hang'd danglin vrom tha ruf. 1886W. Barnes Dorset Gloss., Wevvet, wivet, a cobweb. |