单词 | grey-leaved |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey-leaved (a) Parasynthetic, as grey-leaved, grey-suited, grey-winged, etc. Cf. the instrumental compounds of the noun at Compounds 2a. See also grey-bearded adj., grey-coated adj., grey-eyed adj., grey-faced adj., grey-headed adj., grey-haired adj., etc. ΚΠ 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. E4v Grey gownd good face, coniure ye, ner trust me for a groate. 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus Epil. sig. L3v When gray-winged Age sits on their heads. 1637 J. Milton Comus 7 The gray-hooded Ev'n Like a sad Votarist in Palmers weeds Rose from the hindmost wheels of Phœbus waine. 1661 G. Wharton Select & Choice Poems 22 The glittering Tissue, and the gray-friz'd Gown. ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii IX. Table 84 Fine, grey-leaved Cape Cranesbill. 1760 J. Macpherson Fragments Anc. Poetry (ed. 2) 64 The grey-winged arrow flew, and pierced the breast. 1800 J. Donn Hortus Cantabrigiensis (ed. 2) 54 Gray-seeded [sc. Bonduc, or Nicker-tree]. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 9 Grey-girdled eve, and morn of rosy hue. 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 122 The grey-boughed withy's a-leanen lowly. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 85 And o'er the wrack of Senlac field Full fed the grey-nebbed raven wheeled. 1897 J. Hodgson Hist. Northumbld. IV. 55 The old grey-slated house. 1922 S. Anderson Winesburg Ohio 151 The landlord was interrupted by..a tall grey-mustached man. 1995 J. Roberts Dear Psychiatrist 151 The three magistrates walked in, silent, stern and grey-suited. < as lemmas |
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