| 单词 | nigh-side |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnigh-side d. = near adj. 3. Also nigh-side adj. U.S. regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > left winstereOE lefta1200 car1279 wrong?a1400 left hand1440 sinister1483 sinistral1534 left-hand side1581 nar1607 sinistrous1646 nigh1722 left-handed1757 larboard1781 leftward1791 sinistrine1792 left-sided1801 toward1866 1722 London Gaz. No. 6063/4 A white Heel on the Nigh Leg behind. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. v. 76 It was only pulling hard on the nigh rein, and touching the off flank of the leader. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 626 The nigh trace-chain of the nigh horse is hooked to the end..of the swing-tree. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 540 The nigh-side shaft being laid upon the side-rail. 1868 Putnam's Mag. Oct. 486/2 These [mule teams] were guided by negro drivers, who sat upon the nigh-wheelers, armed with long whips. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xxv. 245 He was stun-blind on the off side, an' couldn't see anythin' in pertic'ler on the nigh side. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy ix. 131 The nigh wheeler in Joe Jenk's team..was missing. 1939 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches (1962) 503 The off-ox is the stronger and more reliable of the pair—you drive oxen from the left (nigh) side. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 167 Nigh horse, a term heard in northern California for the horse on the left side of a team. < as lemmas |
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