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单词 grey-leaved
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grey-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.
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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.
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