单词 | merwife |
释义 | > as lemmasmerwife merwife n. Brit. /ˈməːwʌɪf/ , U.S. /ˈmərˌwaɪf/ ΚΠ 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 570 The Shetlander's love for his merwife was unbounded. 1851 B. Thorpe Northern Mythol. II. iii. 171 Out in Nordstrand there dwells a Merwife, who once drove her cattle up on the sea-shore. 1928 A. S. Rappoport Superstitions of Sailors viii.199 Once, when out on the lake he had fallen into danger, a merwife came to his aid. 2013 L. Jensen Alias Hook xxvii. 260 The merwife sighs, scratches thoughtfully at her springy, silver-gray head. < as lemmas |
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