单词 | landimere |
释义 | landimeren. Obsolete exc. Scottish. 1. Boundary of land. Landimere's day n. (also Lanimer day) the day on which the annual perambulation of the boundaries is made in Lanarkshire and Aberdeen. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary thresholdeOE randeOE markeOE mereOE limiting1391 march1402 confrontc1430 bourne1523 limity1523 mereing1565 mark-mere1582 ring1598 land-mere1603 limit1655 field boundary1812 landimere1825 section-line1827 wad1869 944 in Earle Land Charters (1888) 178 Ðis sint þa land gemæra & se embegang þara landa to baddan byrig & to doddan forda & to eter dune. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Landimer, a march or boundary of landed property, Aberd. To ride the Landimeres, to examine the marches, ibid., Lanarks... The day in which the procession is made is called Landimere's day. 1864 Daily Rev. (Edinb.) 11 June Lanimer Day at Lanark. 1888 Sc. Leader 16 May 5 Lanark Landimeres. 2. ‘A land-measurer... This word is here [viz. in Skene] used improperly’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione (at cited word) Particata, The measurers of land, called Landimers, in Latine, Agrimensores. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Landimers, measurers of Land, anciently so called. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Lannimor, a person employed by conterminous proprietors to adjust marches between their lands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.944 |
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