单词 | lavant |
释义 | lavantn. (See quot. 1774.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > torrent floodc1275 floodgatea1425 waterfall1578 torrent1609 torrent-stream1728 rattle1770 lavant1774 fiumara1820 torrent-flood1825 skookum chuck1888 1774 G. White Let. 14 Feb. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 174 The land-springs, which we call lavants, break out much on the downs of Sussex, Hampshire, and Wiltshire. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) How it did rain! It ran down the street in a lavant. 1900 Academy 28 Apr. 365/1 The waterings and ‘lavants’ from the hills leave her [Rye] arid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † lavantadj. Obsolete. That bathes; given to bathing. ΚΠ 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5 Birds..are..pulveratricious lavant, as the Pigeon, ring-dove [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1774adj.1661 |
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