单词 | carr |
释义 | carrn.1 dialect. A rock: now especially applied to insulated rocks off the Northumbrian and Scottish coasts. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > stack > [noun] carrc950 stack1769 stag1776 stalk1806 sea-stack1899 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vii. 24 Se ðe getimbres hus his ofer carr. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xv. 46 Byrgen þæt wæs geheawen of carre. 1856 Berwick Nat. Club III. 223 Farne Islands—The Utt Carres, modernized into Out Carres, are not far from Monkshouse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). carrcarn.2 local. 1. A pond or pool; a bog or fen; now, usually, wet boggy ground; a meadow recovered by draining from the bog. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] marsheOE fenc888 sladec893 moorOE mossOE marshlandlOE lay-fena1225 lay-mirea1225 moor-fenc1275 flosha1300 strother?a1300 marish1327 carrc1330 waterlanda1382 gaseync1400 quaba1425 paludec1425 mersec1440 sumpa1450 palus?1473 wash1483 morass1489 oozea1500 bog?a1513 danka1522 fell1538 soga1552 Camarine1576 gog1583 swale1584 sink1594 haga1600 mere1609 flata1616 swamp1624 pocosin1634 frogland1651 slash1652 poldera1669 savannah1671 pond-land1686 red bog1686 swang1691 slack1719 flowa1740 wetland1743 purgatory1760 curragh1780 squall1784 marais1793 vlei1793 muskeg1806 bog-pit1820 prairie1820 fenhood1834 pakihi1851 terai1852 sponge1856 takyr1864 boglet1869 sinkhole1885 grimpen1902 sphagnum bog1911 blanket bog1939 string bog1959 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] pooleOE seathc950 lakea1000 flosha1300 stanga1300 weira1300 water poolc1325 carrc1330 stamp1338 stank1338 ponda1387 flashc1440 stagnec1470 peel?a1500 sole15.. danka1522 linn1577 sound1581 flake1598 still1681 slew1708 splash1760 watering hole1776 vlei1793 jheel1805 slougha1817 sipe1825 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > reclaimed or improved land carrc1330 improvement1473 polder1602 dam1629 innam1662 inningsa1669 beaver meadow1784 slobland1843 polderland1849 bush burn1861 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14574 Sire Thadok, þe erchebischop of ȝork, He liuede in kerres, as doþ þe stork. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 101 There is a praty Car or Pole in Bishops Dale. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 44 This Fenne..hath many Carres of Waters in it. 1556 Scotter Court Roll in E. Peacock N.-W. Linc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) (at cited word) Euery inhabytant of Scotter shall put ther geyse in the carre. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 46 Which pastures may be either high woods, commons, carres, or such like spacious pieces of ground. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Carre, a hollow place where water stands. 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 ii. 293 These redeemed meadows, or carrs [Lincolnshire]..consist of an unctuous peat. 1880 Times 17 Sept. 8/5 In the carrs and marishes both corn and turnips are under water. 1881 Archaeologia 46 378 There are lands called cars in most of the neighbouring parishes. 1887 York Herald 16 Apr. 2/1 Agistments in Everingham Carr. Horses and Cattle may be Pastured on the above Carr from 10th May to Old Michaelmas Day, 1887. 2. A fen or bog grown up with low bushes, willows, alders, etc.; a boggy or fenny copse. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > with trees carrc1440 pine swamp1635 cedar-swamp1637 maple swamp1667 bay-swamp1741 bay-gall1775 bay1795 taiga1888 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 272 Ker, where treys growyn be a watur or a fenn, cardetum; ker for aldyr, alnetum. 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 61 Carre, a wood of alder or other trees in a moist boggy place. 1681 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) Carre, woody moist Boggy ground. 1865 W. White Eastern Eng. II. 98 The larger islets are known as ‘carrs’, and ‘alder carrs’ to denote those on which the waterside tree grows thickly. 1874 Notes & Queries 5th Ser. I. 132 In Norfolk..osier or alder carrs. One is called the bird-carr from the fact of the black-headed gull breeding there. 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) xv. 111 In the upper marshes, low copses, locally called ‘carrs,’ are numerous. CompoundsCategories » carr fir n. = carr wood n. Categories » carr oak n. = carr wood n. Categories » carr wood n. timber and trees dug up in carrs. Categories » Categories » ΚΠ 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Car-sick, the kennel, a word used in Sheffield. carr swallow n. a local name of the Black Tern ( Sterna nigra). ΚΠ 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Tern—Black It is found in the fenny parts of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, and is called at this last place Car-Swallow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). carrcarn.3 local. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 146 Whether they can find any coal water i.e. an acid water having a Car, or yellow sediment. 1880 R. Holland in O.C. & F. Words (E.D.S.) 77 The brown sediment (humate of iron) deposited in water from boggy ground is called carr in Cheshire. Derivatives carr-water n. ΚΠ 1875 Lanc. Gloss. 70 Carr-water, red peaty water. 1888 Notes & Queries vii. V. 135. Car-water. carry adj. ΚΠ 1875 Lanc. Gloss. 70 Carry, red, peaty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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