| 单词 | old of the moon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold of the moon a. In full old of the moon. The time when the moon is waning. Now U.S. regional. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > waning moon > action of olda1225 wane1548 decrement1610 decrease1626 waddle1678 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 27 Wið-uten ðe læche þe loceð after mannes ikynde, þe newe oðer elde, and ðe wrihte his timber to keruen after ðare mone, ðe is ikyndelich þing; elles hit is al ȝedwoll. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 439 In old ek of this mone is this moost good. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viii Let them be sowen in the olde of the mone. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xiii. 89 They must not be gelded..in the old of the moone. 1904 C. Johnson Highways & Byways of South (1913) 165 You boil meat killed in the old of the moon, and it will all shrivel up. 1959 L. W. Roberts Up Cutshin & down Greasy 35 We would kill our hogs all the time on the old of the moon. 1975 B. Dwyer Thangs Yankees don' Know 26 Set fence posts in the old of the moon to prevent loosening. < as lemmas |
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