单词 | mendment |
释义 | mendmentn. Now regional. 1. = amendment n.; improvement, reparation, correction, reformation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] rightingOE mendmentc1300 amendment1340 correction1340 amendinga1382 mendinga1400 rectificationa1400 mendnessa1425 redress1448 addressment1481 redressa1529 remedying1547 redub1549 restauration1560 correcting1580 rightening1583 emendation1586 restitution1636 cure1675 reform1700 readjustment1749 remediation1794 redressal1800 redressment1822 c1300 St. Edward Elder (Laud) 174 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 52 Of hire misdedes heo repentede hir sore..And cam to guod mendement. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23744 (MED) Þis lijf he has vs lent..To hald ai wel his comament, If we do mis, do mendement. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 989 I am comyn fra the conquerour..for mendemente of the pople. c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 148 Y wold in alle As poore y were as fortune hath her sent Of good hir peere in alle mendement. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Dk. Somerset sig. Aa.v He..would have all thing mended, But by that mendment nothyng els he ment, But to be kyng. 1598 R. Carew Herrings Tayle sig. A3 What Dædale began, and Harrie followed, Art and experience here past mendment perfected. 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. ii. 68 Bar. Well, well, the world will mend. Bra...the pox of mendment I see. 1640 P. Champernowne in H. Mill Nights Search Where thou giv'st a stripe, 'Tis onely 'mendment that can give them ease. c1805 in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 260 ‘That was a sin,..But pardond it may be;’ ‘Wi mendiment,’ said King Henry. 1925 Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) Ye widna see muckle sign o' meniment there. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] amendment1483 improvement1549 improvinga1563 recoverya1632 mendment1644 cultivation1791 reclaim1799 reclamation1810 intaking1812 redemption1812 clearing1821 reclaimment1852 land reclamation1881 breaking-in1891 greening1955 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > fertilizer or manure fatnessc1420 amendment1483 manure1532 manuring1577 battling1600 dressing1600 worth1609 sucken1615 folding1626 fertilizera1661 sumen1662 recuperativec1679 field dressing1743 top-dressing1744 sweetener1765 settera1793 mendment1798 side dressing1819 substratum1822 manurer1829 liquid manure1837 soil amendment1915 side dress1920 Growmore1944 soil conditioner1952 1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 289 If the mendment of their own lands were the cheapest purchase to the owner [etc.]. 1798 J. Middleton View Agric. Middlesex 305 Manure is undoubtedly the great cause of fertility. (The Middlesex farmer says ‘there is nothing to be done without “mendment”’.) ?1842 E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 13 Potash and saltpetre would invigorate corn crops more than any other artificial mendment. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words 57 Mendment, manure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300 |
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