单词 | outstream |
释义 | outstreamv. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. intransitive. To stream or flow out. Also occasionally transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > be emitted [verb (intransitive)] yetOE outstreama1275 waltc1400 outwellc1443 sluice1859 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > copiously or continuously flowc825 outfloweOE outstreama1275 streama1300 boilc1300 welta1400 buschc1400 waltc1400 outwellc1443 pour1538 outgush1558 gush1577 outpour1581 spew1670 well1812 sluice1859 a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 9 (MED) Þat leueli leor wid spald ischent..Þe blod out stremed oueral. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 247 His eyen two, for piete of herte, Out stremeden as swifte welles tweye. a1563 T. Sackville Induction in Mirror for Magistrates (1938) 302 The teares out streamde for sorowe of her smart. 1589 W. Byrd Songs of Sundrie Natures v. xxxvi Wherfore these mine eyes, such store of teares, such store of teares out streames. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xxxiv. 100 Wide was the wound, the blood outstreamed fast. 1630 J. Taylor Bk. Martyrs ii, in Wks. 141 He was th'Apollo from whose radient Beames, The quintessence of Poetry out-streames. 1655 J. Quarles Tarquin Banished 3 Her much dejected head: Outstream'd a fountain, nothing could prevent The nimble current of her discontent. 1875 R. H. Horne Torch-race in Poems 133 They toss, whirl, and tear, and side-by-side flare—The wild brands out-streaming like tempest-torn hair! 1878 J. G. Whittier To W. F. Bartlett 31 When..the white light of Christ outstreams From the red disk of Mars. 1949 R. Godden In Noah's Ark vi. 60 You will fly, gallop and leap with your tails outstreaming; gambol and stretch and crouch and lie, and this will be heaven to you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1275 |
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