单词 | hoaming |
释义 | † hoamingadj. Obsolete or dialect. Origin and meaning uncertain. The word in Dryden (though so in all the early editions e.g. 1670, 1674, 1690, 1701, etc.) has been conjectured by many to be a misprint or error, and was altered by Scott in his 2nd. ed. (1821) to foaming; others conjecture coaming for combing. But hoaming is supported by the Echard quot. 1694 (unless the expression was merely taken from Dryden). Identity with the reputed Whitby use is for many reasons doubtful: cf. home v. Richardson understands it as ‘a humming or booming sea’. Cf. also loom v.2 (to move). ΚΠ 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest i. i Vent. What a Sea comes in? Must. A hoaming Sea! we shall have foul weather. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens ii. i, in tr. Plautus Comedies 164 Now 'tis such a hoaming Sea, we've little hopes o' Sport; and except we light o' some Shell-Fish [etc.]. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby (at cited word) ‘The tide comes hoaming in’, flowing in. See Heeaming (Heeaming or Yamming, aiming homeward).] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1670 |
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