单词 | hottery |
释义 | hotteryadj. Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. Of a road or journey: rough, bumpy. Cf. hotter v. 1. Sc. National Dict. records the word as still in use in Roxburghshire in 1957. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > uneven hottery1796 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 326 Hottery, rough, as a road. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 271 Hottery, uneven to walk or ride upon; as a bad pavement, a rough and ill-kept road. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘A hottery journey’, said of a course over uneven tracks. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 176 Hottery, of a road, etc.: Rough, uneven. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 20 It was at ma tung-ruits ti cry on the hoattery affair, for fear it was ma hinmaist chance o a cairrie ti Haaick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1796 |
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