释义 |
withywind Now dial.|ˈwɪðɪwaɪnd| [Alteration of withwind, after withy n.] = withwind.
1578Lyte Dodoens iii. lii. 391 Of smothe Bindweede, or Withiwinde. The great white Bindeweede or soft withiwinde. Ibid. liii. 393 Of blacke Withiwinde, or Bindeweede. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Campanilla yerva, withie winde, Smilax. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. 610 Whiter Galat then the white withy-wind. 1658tr. Porta's Nat. Magic iii. xix. 105 The seed of withy-winde being planted neer to Basil, [etc.]. 1825Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng., Withy-wine, the plant bindweed. 1829J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Nat. 114 The clematis, the ‘withy-wind’ of our peasantry. 1878Hardy Ret. Native i. x, You could twist him to your will like withywind, if you only had the mind. |