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单词 leighton
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leightonn.

Forms: Old English léctun, léahtun, léhtun, Middle English ley(h)tun, leiȝhton, Middle English lahtoun, leiȝ-, leyȝton, lectun, 1600s liten, 1700s laghton, laighton.
Etymology: Old English léahtún , earlier *léactún , < léac leek n. + tún enclosure: see town n.
Obsolete.
A garden.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun]
leightonc950
orchardOE
garden1279
yard1390
vergera1400
smelling cheat1567
garden ground1577
gardenage1600
smeller1610
viridary1657
viridariumc1660
gardening1682
greenery1783
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xiii. 19 Ongelic is corne senepes þætte genumen wæs monn sende in lehtune his.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 460/30 Ortus olerum, leahtun.
c1275 Passion Our Lord 291 in Old Eng. Misc. 45 Iwis þu were myd ihesu crist in þe leyhtune.
13.. Childh. Jesu 1618 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1875) 54 Jacob..bad him go..A non riȝht doun into þe leiȝhtone, For to bringuen heom wuyrtone.
a1327 Treat. Dreams in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 264 Lahtoun make ant to-delve.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xiii. xvi Some of pondes beþ stremes to water and moyste gardines and leiȝtons [1535 orcheyardes].
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. 1 Some tren and herbes groweþ in leyȝtons [1535 croftes].
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 30 Liten, a Garden.
1712 R. Richardson Let. in J. Leland Itinerary IX. 143 I have met with several British Words that are still in use, such as Laghton for a Garden.
1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 542 Laighton, a Garden.

Derivatives

leightonward n. Obsolete a gardener.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > gardener > [noun]
leightonwardc1000
curtilera1300
gardenerc1300
gardener1340
curtelaina1400
hortulan1526
ortolan1526
Adamist1623
fosterer1628
gardeneressa1645
under-gardener1687
horticulist1754
horticultor1760
yard boy1776
garden boy1798
horticulturist1818
plantsman1881
mali1908
plantswoman1933
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 127/14 Olitor, lectunward.
c1275 Passion Our Lord 576 in Old Eng. Misc. 53 Heo wende hit were þe leyhtunward þat to hire spek.
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