单词 | land-spring |
释义 | land-springn. ‘A spring which comes into action only after heavy rains’ (Webster). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] welleOE mothereOE ordeOE wellspringeOE fathereOE headeOE oreOE wellspringOE rootc1175 morea1200 beginningc1200 head wella1325 sourcec1374 principlea1382 risinga1382 springinga1382 fountain14.. springerc1410 nativity?a1425 racinea1425 spring1435 headspring?a1439 seminaryc1440 originationc1443 spring wellc1450 sourdre1477 primordialc1487 naissance1490 wellhead?1492 offspringa1500 conduit-head1517 damc1540 springhead1547 principium1550 mint1555 principal1555 centre1557 head fountain1563 parentage1581 rise1589 spawna1591 fount1594 parent1597 taproot1601 origin1604 fountainhead1606 radix1607 springa1616 abundary1622 rist1622 primitive1628 primary1632 land-spring1642 extraction1655 upstart1669 progenerator1692 fontala1711 well-eye1826 first birth1838 ancestry1880 Quelle1893 the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] > intermittent gipsiesc1198 land-spring1642 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. B2v All he hath is drawn from a land-spring of naturall parts and gifts. 1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 15 Such are only Land-springs, and in no sort to be called perpetual Springs. 1774 G. White Let. 14 Feb. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 174 Land-springs, which we call lavants. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 200 Our land-springs were dried up: our wells were exhausted. 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin (1900) 109/1 Enormous masses of the cliff newly disintegrated by the landsprings. Derivatives ˈland-ˌspringy adj. full of land-springs. ΚΠ ?1764 J. Bush Hibernia Curiosa 80 In very moist, land-springy grounds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1642 |
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