单词 | draw-well |
释义 | draw-welln. A deep well from which water is drawn by a bucket suspended to a rope. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well water piteOE wellOE pitOE pulkc1300 draw-wellc1410 draught-wellc1440 winchc1440 brine-well1594 salt spring1601 sump1680 pump well1699 spout-well1710 sump hole1754 pit-well1756 sink1804 bucket-well1813 artesian well1829 shallow well1877 dip-well1894 garland-well1897 village pump1925 c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 372 Tho þou þrewe my porter in þe draw-welle. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 362 (MED) Sho said sho sulde lepe into a draw-well..& drown hur selfe. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2389 in Poems (1981) 89 Ane draw well..Quhair that twa bukkettis seuerall suithlie hang; As ane come vp ane vther doun wald gang. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 He drounit in ane drau vel. 1648 Mercurius Pacificus 5 Diversified Factions like Scales in a Balance, and Buckets in a Draw-Well, ever ending in the going up of the one, and going down of the other. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Winch, a cylindrical piece of timber, furnished with an axis..turned about by means of an handle resembling that of a draw-well. a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 179 The grapnel kept at every village draw-well is called the grab-hook. 1916 A. D. Flinn et al. Waterworks Handbk. xxx. 655 So-called ‘draw wells’ with open tops are inferior to wells with pumps. 1993 GeoJournal 33 52/1 In South Estonia about 60% of draw-wells and shallow bore-wells are contaminated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < |
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