单词 | pewy |
释义 | pewyadj. slang (chiefly Hunting). Now rare. Of countryside: divided into small enclosures by fences (as a church is into pews). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into parcels or portions > specifically of land pewy1828 plot-divided1885 1828 Sporting Mag. 12 359 The largest portion of our Eastern sportsmen..would prove cock-tails in a pewey and stiff country. 1885 Daily Tel. 11 Dec. (Farmer) Sixty or seventy years since the fences were stronger, the enclosures smaller, the country more pewy. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Oct. p. iv/1 In the ‘pewy’ parts of this island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828 |
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