† flottenadj.

Forms: Also floten.

Etymology: past participle of fleet v.¹, fleet v.²

Obsolete.

1. Flooded with water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooded

overflown1579

surroundedc1595

flotten1601

aflooda1729

submergent1834

flooded1836

overflooded1860

inundated1875

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xviii. 577 They were woont to cast their seed-corne upon the floten ground.

2. Skimmed. flotten milk n. skim milk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of scum > [adjective] > having scum removed

scummedc1425

flotte1557

skimmed1558

fleeted1580

flotten1600

1600 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health (1633) 72 Browne~bread crummed into..flotten milke.

1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A3^v Fed with the flottin milke of nicetie and wattonnesse.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (1668) ii. i. 71 Bring them [Calves] up upon the finger, with flotten milk.

1661 K. W. Confused Characters 20 Flotten cheese.

1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

figurative.1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) ii. xxviii. 60 We Fleet the Mornings for our own Design; Perchance the Flotten Afternoons are thine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	flotten
释义	† flottenadj. Forms: Also floten. Etymology: past participle of fleet v.¹, fleet v.² Obsolete. 1. Flooded with water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooded overflown1579 surroundedc1595 flotten1601 aflooda1729 submergent1834 flooded1836 overflooded1860 inundated1875 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xviii. 577 They were woont to cast their seed-corne upon the floten ground. 2. Skimmed. flotten milk n. skim milk. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of scum > [adjective] > having scum removed scummedc1425 flotte1557 skimmed1558 fleeted1580 flotten1600 1600 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health (1633) 72 Browne~bread crummed into..flotten milke. 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A3^v Fed with the flottin milke of nicetie and wattonnesse. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (1668) ii. i. 71 Bring them [Calves] up upon the finger, with flotten milk. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 20 Flotten cheese. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. figurative.1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) ii. xxviii. 60 We Fleet the Mornings for our own Design; Perchance the Flotten Afternoons are thine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1600
随便看	to cut off by the shins to cut off more than one can chew to cut off one's nose to cut off one's nose to spite one's face to cut off with a shilling to cut one another's throats to cut one'a bit of mutton with to cut one's cloth according to one's calling to cut one's eye to cut one's eye at a person to cut one's eyes to cut one's eyes at a person to cut one's eyeteeth to cut one's loss to cut one's losses to cut one's lucky to cut one's milk teeth to cut one's mutton with to cut one's own grass to cut one's own throat to cut one's stick to cut one's teeth to cut one's way to cut one's wisdom teeth to cut open