† harry-wateradj.n.

Forms: Also 1500s herriewater.

Etymology: < harry v. + water n.

1. adj. That harries or despoils the water. As n., short for harry-water net, a kind of net with meshes so small as to catch very small fish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > small net

harry-water1579

truble1600

harry-net1805

splash1855

splash-net1855

Agassiz trawl1882

field net1893

1579 Sc. Acts Jas. VI c. 89 That destroyes the Smoltes and frye of Salmound..be Polkes, Creilles, Trammel-nets, and Herrie-waters.

2. transferred and figurative. Cf. dragnet n.

ΚΠ

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4761 in Wks. (1931) I Their herywater they spred in all countries.

1620 A. Simson Christes Test. Unfolded sig. E8^v [The doctrine of Purgatory] is an Herrie-water-net, and hath ouer-spred the whole waters.

1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 488 (Jam.) Alexander had fished the whole world with his herrie-water-net.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	harry-water
释义	† harry-wateradj.n. Forms: Also 1500s herriewater. Etymology: < harry v. + water n. 1. adj. That harries or despoils the water. As n., short for harry-water net, a kind of net with meshes so small as to catch very small fish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > small net harry-water1579 truble1600 harry-net1805 splash1855 splash-net1855 Agassiz trawl1882 field net1893 1579 Sc. Acts Jas. VI c. 89 That destroyes the Smoltes and frye of Salmound..be Polkes, Creilles, Trammel-nets, and Herrie-waters. 2. transferred and figurative. Cf. dragnet n. ΚΠ 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4761 in Wks. (1931) I Their herywater they spred in all countries. 1620 A. Simson Christes Test. Unfolded sig. E8^v [The doctrine of Purgatory] is an Herrie-water-net, and hath ouer-spred the whole waters. 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 488 (Jam.) Alexander had fished the whole world with his herrie-water-net. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1554
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