| 单词 | a murth of cold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa murth of cold A great quantity, an abundance; plenty. a murth of cold: a severe cold. Cf. mort n.6 ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance plentya1250 foison13.. abundance1340 copyc1375 fultha1400 plentya1425 murth?a1450 store1471 sonsea1500 banquet?1507 fouth1535 choice1584 horn of plenty (also abundancec1595 wealth1596 cornucopia1611 rifea1614 copia1713 bumper1759 beaucoup1760 lashings1829 plethora1835 any amount (of)1848 in galore1848 opulence1878 binder1881 lushing1890 ?a1450 in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen (1972) 73 201 Ȝyt wonnyth strang morth of Iowys þar, And so schall þay do euyr mare. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 34 A Murth of corn: abundance of corn. a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) IV. 94/2 [Durham] It is a morth of cold. 1819 ‘P. Bobbin’ Sequel to Lancs. Dial. 4 They put'n hur ti o' murth o' pene. 1835 ‘S. Oliver’ Rambles Northumberland 70 (note) He had bidden ower lang i' the water when he was out fishin', and he has getten a murth of cauld. 1855 ‘W. Brooke’ Eastford 76 I think we should have had a murth of it this year, but the summer has been a little too cold, and Indian corn must have a hot sun. 1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. II Murth, a large quantity or number. Another form of mort. a1895 J. Arlosh MS Coll. Dial. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 94/2 [Northumberland] ‘Oh! you've got a morth of cold.’ To a sneezing child with watering eyes. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 227/2 Morth o cowl, a heavy cold. 2007 Leaflet (Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland) Dinnae lann wi yins in tha ospittle gin yersel or anither bodie in tha hoose is no weel with tha like o a morth o coul, flyue, boakin or tha skittèrs. < as lemmas |
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