单词 | gleby |
释义 | glebyadj. ? Obsolete. Of soil: Full of clods; rich, fertile. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1566 |
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