单词 | pot-water |
释义 | > as lemmaspot-water pot-water n. now rare water for cooking purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > for cooking pot-waterc1680 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > water for cooking waterOE pot-waterc1680 c1680 in M. W. Barley Eng. Farmhouse & Cottage (1961) iv. v. 223 The potwater which doth arise in a little meadow adjoining the aforesaid Parsonage Meadows. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms W. Devonshire in Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 329 Potwater, water for household purposes. 1898 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 449 Available as pot-water for domestic use. 1963 W. G. Hoskins Provinc. Eng. ii. 51 With streams and springs every few hundred yards, potwater for the house..presented no problem anywhere. < as lemmas |
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