单词 | leck |
释义 | leckn. dialect. A hard subsoil of clay or gravel. Also attributive, as lack-clay; leck-stone n. a granular variety of trap rock used in some parts of Scotland for the slabs of ovens. ΚΠ 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland i. 199 Immediately under the moor, is a thin stratum of what they call lack-clay, which is like baked clay, the thickness of a tile. 1813 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick 41 A half lapidified tough and compact clay, called leck by the quarriers. 1856 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. vii. 126 Before the improved manufacture of fire-bricks, some open-textured varieties [of greenstone], known as ‘leck-stones’, were largely used for the linings and soles of ovens. 1899 E. W. Prevost Dickinson's Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (new ed.) Leck, a hard subsoil of clay and gravel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020). leckv. rare exc. dialect. = leak v. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > urinate [verb (intransitive)] migheeOE pissc1300 to make water?a1475 stale1530 leak1598 urinate1599 minge1606 urine1607 water1631 stroana1730 to pass water1738 to pump ship1759 piddle1784 to make one's burn1788 pittle1801 pee1825 micturate1842 tiddlea1852 leck1922 wet1925 whizz1929 wee-wee1930 wee1934 widdle1934 to go (make) wee-wee1937 tinkle1943 void1947 to take a leak1969 potty1972 slash1973 wazz1984 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 714 Shes [sc. a cat] as bad as a woman always licking and lecking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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