单词 | in spate |
释义 | > as lemmasin (or †on) spate b. in (or †on) spate, in flood. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > in flood [phrase] > of river in (or on) spate1513 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vi. 14 Quhen the burne on spait hurlis doun the bank. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 111 Lyke burnis that in spait fast rin. 1610 Aberdeen Reg. (1848) II. 299 The said burne, efter great rayne, being in spat, brak out oft and diuerse tymes be vehement force. 1803 J. Jamieson Water Kelpie in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 362 Yestreen the water was in spate. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 133 The burn, high in spate,..rattles harshly at our feet. < as lemmas |
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