| 单词 | in the greet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the greet 3. Earth, soil, mould; †the ground, as under the greet, in the greet, on the greet. Now Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] earthOE claya1300 grita1325 groota1400 grounda1400 loama1400 soilc1440 marl1590 terroir1653 dirt1698 dutty1873 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3774 Erðe..opnede vnder ere fet, Held up neiðer ston ne gret. c1330 Amis & Amil. 1530 Graven in grete so cold. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiv. 23 As greyn that lyth in the greot and thorgh grace, atte laste, Spryngeth vp and spredeth. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16923 Nu is þe croice grauen vnder greit, and iesus vnder stan. c1400 Melayne 1252 Many a Sarazene lay on his bake,..Full Grisely gronande one the grete. ?a1500 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) 405 Take we the body of this sweet, and lay it low under the greet! 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 502 The blacke mould or grit. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 6 The side lands in the hill country are always the poorest, because the good grete, or mold, is washed down by the rain. 1811 [see grit-board n. at Compounds 2]. 1880 T. Q. Couch E. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 87 Greet, earth, soil. < as lemmas |
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