单词 | devall |
释义 | devallv. Now only Scottish. a. intransitive. To move downwards, sink, fall, descend, set (as the sun). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] styc825 astyc975 alightOE to fall adownOE hieldc1275 downcomea1300 sink?a1300 avalec1374 to go downa1375 to come downc1380 dipc1390 descenda1393 clinea1400 declinea1400 downc1400 inclinec1400 vailc1400 fallc1440 devall1477 condescendc1485 to get down1567 lower1575 dismount1579 to fall down1632 down?1701 demount1837 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 33 The sonne began to deuale in to the weste. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. ix. 88 He.. deualeth down into the water. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 174 in Shorter Poems (1967) 20 Thy transitory plesans quhat auaylys? Now thare, now heir, now hie, and now deualys [1579 Edinb. deuaillis]. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 83 I sawe ane Ryuer rin..Devalling [ed. 2 Dewalling] and falling into that pit profound. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. vii. 58 As onwar he stowpyt, and devalyt. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > slope > downwards descendc1400 declinec1420 fall1573 cope1601 devall1632 dip1665 drip1678 siddle1894 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 210 This Petrean Countrey..devalling even downe to the limits of Jacob's bridge. ΚΠ ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 1251 in Shorter Poems (1967) 80 And euery wycht..Thankand gret god thare hedis law deuail [1579 Edinb. deuaill]. 3. intransitive. To cease, stop, leave off. modern Scottish. ΚΠ a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 188 Devall then, Sirs, and never send For daintiths to regale a friend. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. x. 92 She ne'er devauls jeering me. 1827 W. Scott Lett. (1936) X. 183 I have not till today devaled from my task. Derivatives devall n. Scottish ‘a stop, cessation, intermission’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. Without devald, without ceasing. devalling n. and adj. ΚΠ 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 365 The..devalling faces of two hills. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 392 (margin) The combustious devalling of Ætnæs fire. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 506 Devalling floods. 1645 Siege of Newcastle (1820) 14 A number of narrow devalling lanes. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 20 Sair dings the rain upon the road, It dings,—an nae devallin' o't. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1477 |
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