| 单词 | bear's-muck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbear's-muck bear's-muck n. English regional (east midlands) a layer of soil found in fens, consisting of a mass of decaying organic material mixed with soft clay and having a powerful odour. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > other organic fuels > [noun] > turf or peat turfc1300 peat1333 turbaryc1450 turf1510 moor-coal1562 peat moss1775 bear's-muck1784 vag1796 breast-peat1802 gathering-peat1825 sod1825 bat1846 flight1847 mump1887 1784 C. N. Cole Extracts Rep. View South Level, 1777 31 Whoever knows the Nature of the Soil of these Washways, must know that they are..of the worst Sort of Soil in the Great Level, consisting of Moor Land and Bears Muck to the Depth of fifteen or sixteen Feet. 1846 J. Clarke in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 517 The ‘dead peat,’ commonly called ‘bear's muck.’ 2006 C. Evans & I. Hodder Woodland Archaeol. ii. 39/2 Taken from the ‘Bear's Muck’ and throughout the Fen Clay.., her results indicated ‘quiet water’ brackish marsh, swamp or lagoon conditions, with infrequent tidal coverage and no significant freshwater input. < as lemmas |
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