单词 | littery |
释义 | litteryadj. Of or pertaining to litter; marked by the presence of litter; tending to produce litter; untidy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > manured or fertilized dungedOE marledc1265 mucked1290 chavedc1420 dungyc1450 manured1551 fatted1552 folded1579 chalked1598 battled1600 seasoned1604 limed1707 sanded1707 fattened1725 sooted1776 wared1795 littery1805 plastered1819 nitred1822 gypsumed1841 nitrated1841 sewaged1861 sewage-irrigated1867 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > littered or cluttered littery1847 cluttered1865 littered1870 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 270 The long littery dung from livery stables. 1847 in Fraser's Mag. (1848) 37 308 The littery practice of serving up the potatoes in their skins. 1858 D. M. Mulock Woman's Thoughts about Women 275 The rooms are untidy and ‘littery’. 1859 R. Thompson Gardener's Assistant 622 As much short moist dung as will prevent the littery portion from becoming dry. 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 101 He took me into his library, a rough, littery, but considerable collection. 1882 Garden 21 Jan. 43/3 The whole process is troublesome, littery,..and is..uncertain in its results. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1805 |
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