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单词 malmy
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malmyadj.

Brit. /ˈmɑːmi/, U.S. /ˈmɑmi/
Forms: 1600s–1700s maumy, 1700s mallany, 1800s marmy, 1800s maulmy, 1800s– malmy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: malm n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < malm n. + -y suffix1. Compare maumy adj. and discussion at that entry.Compare Old English mealmiht ‘malmy’ with the parallel suffix -iht (see discussion at -y suffix1).
1. Of a loamy character.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [adjective] > organic > loam
loamy1599
omy1673
malmy1677
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire ix. 240 If the Land be of that sort they call Maumy, consisting of a mixture of White-clay and Chalk, and somwhat of Sand.
1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. ii. 36 The Chalk and Mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a Maumy Earth.
1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 ii. 279 Parts of Norfolk—particularly the white malmy soils—were unkind for turnips.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 430/2 The eastern portion [of Hampshire]..is a grey sandy loam provincially called ‘malmy’ land.
2. Resembling a stratum or vein of malmstone. Obsolete.
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1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Mij Ore lying in it [sc. mallan] is as Bullets and naked Lumps..and rare to be seen after the manner of a Rib; hence we say Mallany Gear, or Stuff, when the vein inclines to that kind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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