单词 | inditch |
释义 | † inditchv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To cast into or bury in (or as in) a ditch. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover over or up > under the ground or bury > specific inditch1597 immud1611 muda1616 sand1632 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. iii. ii. 55 Wert thou inditched in great secrecie, Where as no passenger might curse thy dust, Nor dogs sepulchrall sate their gnawing lust. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 64/2 One was cast dead into the Thames..drawne with a Boat and a rope downe some part of the Riuer, and dragged to shore and indiched. 2. To enclose or surround with a ditch; to entrench. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > with or as with a moat or ditch inditch1598 bemoat1605 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > protect or surround with rampart [verb (transitive)] > protect or surround with trenches ditch13.. dikec1330 entrench1548 trench1548 re-entrencha1595 inditch1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To dike, to ditch or moate about, to make trenches or dikes, to endich. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 212 The Danes..raised as it is thought certaine trenches; whereof one is called Maumbury being an acre indiched. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1597 |
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