单词 | lawn |
释义 | lawnn.1 1. A kind of fine linen, resembling cambric; plural pieces or sorts of this linen. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > fine > lawn lawn1415 layne1561 linon1901 1415 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 382 j plice de lawnd. 1423–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1423 §31. m. 20 Item, .i. remenaunt de laun, contenant .viij. alnz, pris l'alne .iiij. s. .iij. d. c1440 Generydes 73 Ther was an hanged bedde, And ther vppon a shete of launde was spredde. 1483 Acc. Coronation Rich. III in Antiq. Repertory II. 251 A coyfe made of a plyte of lawne. 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 50 A plyte of lawnde for a shirte for the childe of grace at Reding. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxlv But on her head she had a cap as she ware on the saturdai before with a cornet of laune. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 46 You must tie the powder hard in a rag of Laune or thin Cambrick. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 38 Long haire and loose,..couered with a fine thinne vaile of Callico Lawne. 1640 in J. Noorthouck New Hist. London (1773) 838/2 Lawns, the whole piece 2d. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iv. 29 In Vessels cover'd with fine Lawn, so as to admit the Air and keep out the Insects, no living thing was ever produced. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 129 Bright in glossy silk, and flowing lawn. 1765 J. Hadley in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 5 Sold in the shops for 2s. 4d. per yard, under the name of long lawn. 1793 Miss Chowne in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 511 If you can get fine lawns, bring them with you, for they are rare. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xi. 144 A summer mist arose;..It seemed a veil of filmy lawn. 1829 Young Lady's Bk. 501 Take a common vase..and cover it entirely with widow's-lawn. 2. spec. This fabric used for the sleeves of a bishop. Hence, the dignity or office of a bishop. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > office of bishopdoma887 bishophoodc1000 bisprichea1300 thronec1390 mitrea1393 seea1393 bishopric1394 pontificality?a1425 chair1480 bishopry1535 episcopality1636 episcopate1641 episcopacy1685 lawna1732 cathedra1863 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > fine > lawn > types of pleasance1426 lumberdyne1548 cobweb lawn1603 French lawn1629 quintain1674 lawna1732 grass lawn1843 Indiana1927 a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. iv. 25 You ask me if I ever knew Court chaplains thus the lawn pursue. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 5 A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn. 1763 C. Churchill Epist. to W. Hogarth 6 Whilst Thou In Lawn hadst whisper'd to a sleeping croud. c1800 Syd. Smith in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) I. ii. 28 Those who were too honest to sell them [sc. liberal opinions] for the ermine of the judge or the lawn of the prelate. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. xi. 315 He took one of the two chairs under the canopy; the other was taken by the Bishop in his lawn. a. An article of dress made of lawn. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > linen > article of chaiselc1320 lawn?a1505 linen1566 a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 422 in Poems (1981) 124 Thy gay garmentis with mony gudely goun, Thy plesand lawn pinnit with goldin prene? 1573–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. 103 No laanes or the like, to bewitch delite. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 204 They were covered with a lawne called Nacar. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 16 Her vpper garment was a silken lawne. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. viii. 18 Lest eyes should surfet with too greedy sight, Transparent lawns withhold, more to increase delight. c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 360 To stop the wounds, my finest lawn I'd tear. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 185 Lawn, a white cambric handkerchief. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > linen ball lawna1593 linen ball1630 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. L I learnde in Naples how..To strangle with a lawne thrust through [later 4tos down] the throte. 1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 84 Here thou..shiuerest to heare of the strappado, the racke, or the Lawne. 4. technical. Short for lawn-sieve n.: A fine sieve, generally of silk, through which porcelain ‘slip’, cement, etc., are strained, to ensure uniform fineness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > sieve sievec725 riddereOE hair-sievea1100 riddlelOE sift1499 try?a1500 searcer1540 range-sieve1542 ranging sieve1548 cribble1565 cribe1570 screen1573 sifter1611 scryc1615 clensieve1623 cernicle1657 incernicle1657 ranch-sievea1665 duster1667 drum1702 fry1707 harp1788 lawn-sieve1804 trial1825 separator1830 lawn1853 shaker1906 chinois1937 microscreen1959 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 453 [Porcelain] The mixture [of ‘slips’ or fluid clays] is now passed..through fine sieves or ‘lawns’ woven of silk, and containing 300 threads to the square inch. 1895 Times 10 Jan. 3/6 [Cement-manufacture]. The use of such lawns..would..be almost impracticable. 5. Botany. A name for Venus' Navelwort ( Cynoglossum officinale). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] ribeOE hound's-tonguec1000 ox-tonguea1325 rotheren tongue?a1350 buglossa1400 dog's tongue?a1425 lungwort1538 anchusa1548 sheep's tongue1552 cowslip of Jerusalem1578 Our Lady's milkwort1578 pulmonaria1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 wild comfrey1578 maiden-lips1589 bugloss cowslip1597 viper's bugloss1597 viper's herb1597 ribbie1607 lithospermon1646 wall bugloss1650 lady's glove1668 Venus's navelwort1678 spotted comfrey1688 cynogloss1705 Jerusalem sage1736 lawn1778 Mertensia1836 stickseed1843 Virginian cowslip1856 bluebell1858 gooseberry fool1858 Jerusalem cowslip1866 borage-wort1882 echium1883 rose noble1886 milksile- 1778 C. Milne Bot. Dict. (ed. 2) 22 Cynoglossum, Hound's Tongue, Venus's Navel Wort, Lawn. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. See also lawn sleeves n. a. attributive (‘made of or consisting of lawn’). ΚΠ 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 103 Lawne Kercheefes fayre. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 86, in Bulwarke of Defence Coueryng the place with a Launde clothe. 1565 A. Golding in tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis To Rdr. sig. *iijv As Persian kynges did neuer go abrode with open face, But with some lawne or silken skarf. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. C4v Looke on those lips, Those now lawne pillowes. 1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 284 The Embassadors are obliged..to put on certain little Lawn Cuffs, which they wear quite flat upon their sleeves. 1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 257. ⁋3 The Lawn Apron that was whiter than Ermin. 1711 Ld. Marshal's Order 26 Apr. in London Gaz. No. 4840/3 That the Peeresses..wear Black Silk, Laune Linnen, and White Gloves. 1819 J. Keats Eve St. Mark 53 From plaited lawn-frill, fine and thin, She lifted up her soft warm chin. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. ix. 199 Garnished with the snowiest of lawn frills and ruffles. b. objective, as †lawn-maker. ΚΠ ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vjv Golde sheres, keuerchef launds, and reben makers. c. instrumental, as lawn-robed adj. Also lawn-sleeved adj. at lawn sleeves n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > clothing of particular functionaries > [adjective] > of prelate: clothed in lawn lawn-sleeved1647 lawn-robed1719 lawned1848 1719 T. Tickell To Earl Warwick, On Death Addison The duties by the lawn-robed prelate pay'd. C2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] bishopc897 patriarcheOE bispa1300 ordinarya1325 ordinar?1403 father1418 discretion1421 pontificalc1440 diocesanc1450 rocheter1559 monseigneur1561 pope1563 bite-sheep1570 presul1577 rochet1581 diocesser1606 lawn sleevesc1640 episcopant1641 Right Reverend1681 diocesian1686 lawn-man1795 diocesiarch1805 bish1875 shire-bishop1880 1795 J. Wolcot Liberty's Last Squeak in Wks. (1812) III. 432 May those lawn-men, born to happier fate Chase not the Curate from their grand abode. lawn-sieve n. a fine sieve, made of lawn (or silk), used in cookery, porcelain-manufacture, etc.: cf. sense 4. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > sieve sievec725 riddereOE hair-sievea1100 riddlelOE sift1499 try?a1500 searcer1540 range-sieve1542 ranging sieve1548 cribble1565 cribe1570 screen1573 sifter1611 scryc1615 clensieve1623 cernicle1657 incernicle1657 ranch-sievea1665 duster1667 drum1702 fry1707 harp1788 lawn-sieve1804 trial1825 separator1830 lawn1853 shaker1906 chinois1937 microscreen1959 1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 30 Run it through a lawn sieve. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 492 The clay is reduced nearly to the consistence of milk with water, and the liquid passed through lawn sieves gradually increasing in fineness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lawnn.2 1. a. An open space between woods; a glade. = laund n. Now archaic and dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture leasowc950 leasea1000 pasturea1300 common pasturea1325 grassland1324 laund1340 lea1357 gang1413 feedingc1430 grassa1500 raika1500 beast-gate1507 pasturagec1515 grazing1517 average1537 pasture groundc1537 walk1549 grassing1557 pastural1575 browsing1577 feed1580 pastureland1591 meadow pasture1614 green side1616 range1626 pastorage1628 tore1707 graziery1731 pasturing1759 permanent pasture1771 sweet-veld1785 walk land1797 run1804 sweet-grass1812 potrero1822 pasturage land1855 turn-out1895 lawn1899 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Sallus, a place voyde of trees, as a laune in a parke or forrest. 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. D4v Hir stature and hir shape was passing tall, Diana like, when longst the lawnes she goes. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 202 A goodly forrest..intermixed with fruitfull and flowry lawnes. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 21 in Justa Edouardo King Ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-field. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 145 The thistly lawn; the thick, intangled broom. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (1892) I. xviii. 404 The hills..consist of a large lawn in the center of the two woods, that to the right of an immense extent. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iv. 38 Thence look thou forth o'er wood and lawn Hoar with the frost-like dews of dawn! 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd i. 25 She came where that lawn of the woods lay wide in the flood of light. 1899 Times 3 Mar. 15/3 So long as the favourite feeding places—lawns, as they are called—of their cattle are not interfered with,..no possible injury can be done to the commoners [of the New Forest]. b. A stretch of untilled ground; an extent of grass-covered land. Also in generalized sense. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland wong971 greenc1225 clowrec1350 bentc1360 swarth?a1400 flaughtc1400 grassa1500 sward?1507 greenswarda1522 sward-earth1541 swarf1599 over-swarth1649 lawn1674 sod1729 swath1776 spine1786 swad1877 turfage1899 padang1909 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 70 Lawn in a Park: Plain untilled ground. 1749 L. Evans Middle Brit. Col. (1755) 11 They [Indians] fix their Towns commonly on the Edges of great Rivers for the Sake of the rich Lawns to sow their Corn in. 1794 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 756 Thou lavrock that springs frae the dews of the lawn. 1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st xi. 212 The roads (if a fine turf lawn may be so denominated). 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 127 Vast lawns that extend like sheets of vivid green. 1863 W. Barnes Gram. & Gloss. Dorset Dial. Lawn or Lawnd, unploughed land; the unploughed part of an arable field. 1890 Science 12 Sept. 141 A birdseye view..would show 60 acres of beautiful lawn besprinkled with buildings. 2. A portion of a garden or pleasure-ground, covered with grass, which is kept closely mown.Somewhat different in early use: cf. quot. 1733 and sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > lawn or grass-plot grassOE arbourc1380 harbour1505 green plot1566 grass plot1599 grass work1664 platband1725 lawn1733 garden lawn1771 short-grass1826 pelouse1853 1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Lawn is a great Plain in a Park, or a spacious Plain adjoining to a noble Seat... As to the Situation of a Lawn, it will be best in the Front of the House, and to lie open to the neighbouring Country and not pent up with Trees. 1761 Descr. S. Carolina 6 Fine Savannahs..a Kind of natural Lawns, and some of them as beautiful as those made by Art. 1829 W. Wordsworth Poems Sentim. xxx This Lawn, a carpet all alive With shadows flung from leaves. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xii. 201 I had but a single day wherein to see..the beautiful lawns and gardens of the colleges. 1875 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 89 Finely sifted earth must now be spread over the lawn. 3. Bacteriology. A layer of bacteria uniformly distributed over the surface of a culture medium. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > material > [noun] > culture or medium culture1880 blood culture1881 cultivation1881 culture medium1883 pure culture1883 agar1885 broth1885 subculture1885 tube-culture1886 bouillon1887 stab-culture1889 streak culture1892 blood agar1893 microculture1893 shake culture1894 streak plate1895 broth culture1897 slant1899 plating1900 stock culture1903 touch preparation1908 tissue culture1912 plaque1924 slope1925 agar-agar1929 isolate1931 MacConkey1938 auxanogram1949 lawn1951 monolayer1952 replica plate1952 1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xxiv. 433 Phage activity is readily observed on solid culture media. A plate is first thickly inoculated with susceptible bacteria to form a ‘lawn’ of growth. 1970 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xviii. 102/1 The routine test dilution (RTD) is determined by placing drops of tenfold dilutions of the phage suspension on a lawn of sensitive bacteria. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. lawn-shading adj. ΚΠ 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. iii, in Lamia & Other Poems 192 Poplars, and lawn-shading palms. b. lawn-like adj. ΚΠ 1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. 121 Flowery pastures..sloping lawnlike to bright swift streams. C2. lawn billiards n. = troco n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > games resembling croquet > [noun] closh1477 lawn billiards1873 troco1882 roque1899 golf-croquet1920 1873 Young Englishwoman Nov. 572/2 Jean would feel obliged if the Editor would tell her..if lawn billiards can be played on a croquet lawn?.. Is there a book of rules on lawn billiards? 1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate I. xvi. 213 Hunting, shooting, fishing,..lawn-billiards. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (Annandale) Troco, an old English game revived, formerly known as ‘lawn-billiards’..played on a lawn with wooden balls and a cue ending in a spoon-shaped iron projection. [But app. never so called in English. See trucks n.] 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 934/2 The game [billiards] was at one time played on a lawn, like modern croquet... A later form of ‘lawn billiards’ again enjoyed a brief popularity during the latter half of the 19th century. lawn-cutter n. = lawn-mower n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > lawn-mower steam lawn-mower1812 grass cutter1834 grass mower1855 lawn-mower1875 grass trimmer1876 lawn-cutter1897 motor mower1907 power mower1913 lawn edger1960 Strimmer1978 1897 S. Hale Let. 24 Mar. (1919) 315 Such a delicious drive,..and the lawn-cutters making hay smells. lawn-meet n. the meeting of a hunt in front of a gentleman's house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > meeting of hunt field day1774 meet1838 lawn-meet1890 gala meet1894 1890 Daily News 8 Dec. 5/5 A lawn meet of the West Norfolk Hunt took place at Sandringham. lawn-mower n. a machine provided with revolving spiral or horizontal knives for cutting the grass on a lawn. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > lawn-mower steam lawn-mower1812 grass cutter1834 grass mower1855 lawn-mower1875 grass trimmer1876 lawn-cutter1897 motor mower1907 power mower1913 lawn edger1960 Strimmer1978 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Lawn-mower. lawn-party n. a party held on a lawn, a garden-party. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > garden-party garden party1845 lawn-party1852 1852 W. Collins Basil (1856) v. 17 At pic-nics, lawn-parties, little country gatherings of all sorts. 1937 R. S. Morton Woman Surgeon xxxi. 346 Many interesting people gather in our frequent outings, lawn parties and other expressions of comradeship. 1955 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (ed. 3) viii. 181 Parades, picnics, funerals, Mardi Gras, lawn parties, dances—he and his band were in demand everywhere. 1973 Lebende Sprachen 18 38/1 US lawn party—BE/US garden party—Gartenfest. lawn sand n. a top-dressing of ammonium sulphate and iron sulphate mixed with sand, used as a fertilizer and weed-killer for lawns. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > lawn sand lawn sand1907 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) p. xlii/4 Lawn sand. 1909 T. W. Sanders Lawns & Greens vii. 68 Methods of exterminating daisies are to put a pinch of salt on the crown of each plant, or to sprinkle ‘Watson's Lawn Sand’ over the infested parts. 1939 R. B. Dawson Pract. Lawn Craft xxi. 152 It may be found more convenient for owners of quite small areas of turf to buy a ready compounded lawn sand. 1968 Punch 20 Aug. 304/2 Add 1 oz of iron sulphate to 15 oz of dry sludge and you have a moss killing ‘lawnsand’. lawn-sprayer n. a sprayer for diffusing a fine spray of water over a lawn. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > irrigation devices acequia madre1835 trunk1856 irrigation-wheel1864 lawn-sprinklera1884 levada1885 knapsack sprayer1897 lawn-sprayer1943 1943 W. Lewis Let. 15 Aug. (1963) 362 Watching the blue jays..having a shower-bath in a lawn-sprayer. lawn-sprinkler n. a machine with revolving tubular arms from which water is sprinkled like rain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > irrigation devices acequia madre1835 trunk1856 irrigation-wheel1864 lawn-sprinklera1884 levada1885 knapsack sprayer1897 lawn-sprayer1943 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 533/1 Lawn Sprinkler. Draft additions 1997 lawn chair n. North American a garden chair, esp. a reclining garden chair. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 617/1 Lawn Chair, high back, comfortable and durable; will stand outdoor use. 1987 J. Wilcox Miss Undine's Living Room viii. 113 Pulling up one of the webbed lawn chairs, the young man settled into it. Draft additions 1997 lawn edger n. a cutting device for trimming the turf on the edges of a lawn. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > lawn-mower steam lawn-mower1812 grass cutter1834 grass mower1855 lawn-mower1875 grass trimmer1876 lawn-cutter1897 motor mower1907 power mower1913 lawn edger1960 Strimmer1978 1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift 177 Why pay twenty dollars or more for an electric lawn-edger when you can..make one for little or nothing? 1988 Independent 9 July 18 There should be none of the wavy-edged beds that look as if they have been cut out by a man drunk in charge of a lawn edger. Draft additions September 2006 lawn bowling n. any of several forms of the game of bowls played on a grass (or sometimes dirt) surface. ΚΠ 1868 Times 5 June 15/6 The pleasure gardens in the rear..are admirably arranged for the amusements of archery, croquet, lawn bowling, and dancing. 1939 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 15 Sept. 32/8 Mrs. M. Folkins of Redlands, Calif., walked off with the women's international singles lawn bowling championship yesterday at Golden Gate Park. 1998 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 4 July w2 Lawn bowlers would like nothing better than to get rid of the popular image of lawn bowling as an ‘old-farts' game’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lawnv. transitive. To turn (arable land) into lawn or grass-land; to make (ground) lawn-like. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > turn into lawn lawn1766 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide (ed. 2) Epil. iii. 137 To improve an old Family Seat By Lawning a hundred good Acres of Wheat. 1781–1814 Parliamentary Hist. XXI. 1282 Several of the country clergy..chose to lawn their church yards and cut away the noxious yew trees. 1788 A. Young Jrnl. 10 Oct. in Trav. France (1792) i. 99 A gently falling vale with a little stream through it, that might be made any thing of for lawning and watering. 1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners I. 256 This led in later times to lawning cemeteries on the part of incumbents, who would not plant since they might not cut down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11415n.21548v.1766 |
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