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单词 gleby
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glebyadj.

/ˈɡliːbi/
Forms: Also 1500s glebie, glebye, 1600s gleaby.
Etymology: < glebe n. + -y suffix1.
? Obsolete.
Of soil: Full of clods; rich, fertile.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich
goodOE
fruitfula1300
gladc1420
unlean?1440
richa1522
batwell1534
battle?1542
luxuriant?c1550
yielding1556
gleby1566
yieldable1577
hearty1580
yieldy1598
liking1600
well-natured1600
lusty1601
growthsome1610
thankful1610
pregnant1615
in heart1626
grateful1832
fatty1855
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Aviijv A landed man..Whose medowes fayre, & glebye groundes Reuenues ample yeeldes.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 81 You dwelling safe in gleby Troy, the Greeks retire their force, T' Achaia.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvi. 119 Her Banks, which all her course on both sides doe abound With Heath and Finny olds, and often gleaby ground.
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 422 Pernicious flatt'ry! Thy malignant Seeds..Sadly diffus'd o'er Virtue's Gleby Land, With rising Pride amidst the Corn appear.
1794 Gentleman's Mag. 64 ii. 1132 Summer's gleby covert breaks.
1833 H. O'Brien tr. J. L. Villanueva Phoenician Ireland (1837) xv. 161 In that language bolun means a glebe or gleby land.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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