单词 | cledge |
释义 | cledgen. A local name for clay or clayey soil, in Kent, etc.; also technically applied to the upper of the two beds of Fuller's Earth, in Bedfordshire, and elsewhere in England. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] loamc725 clayc1000 glaye1575 cloom1609 cledge1724 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > fuller's earth fuller's eartha1350 walker's claya1398 fuller's clay1581 cledge1724 wall-earth1724 walker's soap1839 1724 B. Holloway in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 419 The Fullers-Earth; the upper Layer of which, being about a Foot deep, they call the Cledge [in Bedfordsh.]. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Fuller's earth, The upper stratum of this [at Wavedon, Beds.] is about a foot thick, and they call it cledge. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 Projects 108/1 Clay, or brick-earth, strong cledge, flint-gravel, etc. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Cledge, clay; stiff loam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1724 |
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