单词 | clotty |
释义 | clottyadj. Full of clots, inclined to clot; †formerly also = cloddy adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > full of lumps globose?a1425 clotty?1523 cloddy1547 cloddered1558 lumpy1707 lumpish1735 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > lumpy clotty?1523 cloddy1545 clottery1567 surly1609 crust-clung1610 glebous1671 soil-bound1688 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. x Yf the barley grounde..be clotty, it wolde be betten with malles. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xviii. 28 Clottie & congeled bloud. 1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 318 Then sparingly he sups, instead of beer, The cloathy dregs of dying vineger. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxxi. 185 The matter expectorated is..thin and mixt with thick, clotty, blewish, yellow, greenish,or blackish fleam. 1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 49 The upper part of the [Gun] Powder in the Cask weak and clotty. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 507 If the land be..clotty, it is..advantageous to pass a light roller over it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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