单词 | encallow |
释义 | encallown. local. = callow n.1 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > topsoil swarth1649 uncallow1787 callow1823 ridding1827 encallow1836 baring1871 kelly1884 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 408/1 The encallow, as it is technically called, or the top-soil. 1850 E. Dobson Rudimentary Treat. Manuf. Bricks & Tiles i. i. 21 The first operation [in digging clay] is to remove the mould and top soil... In London the vegetable mould is called the encallow, and the operation of removing it, encallowing. 1884 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks 103. Derivatives encallow v. ΚΠ 1850 E. Dobson Rudimentary Treat. Manuf. Bricks & Tiles i. i. 21 The first operation [in digging clay] is to remove the mould and top soil... In London the vegetable mould is called the encallow, and the operation of removing it, encallowing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1836 |
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