| 单词 | benting time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbenting (benneting) time 1. The going after bents [see bent n.1 2c ]. benting (benneting) time: the time when pigeons, etc., are reduced to feed on bents; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > [noun] > grazing grazingc1440 pascuage1656 benting1670 depasturage1766 depasturing1823 depasturation1841 depasture1856 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything > general scarcity of necessaries of life deartha1325 scarcityc1450 evil wone1570 benting (benneting) time1670 stint1820 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 44 The pigeon never knoweth wo, But when she doth a benting go. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 144 Bare benting times, and moulting Months may come. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pigeon Be sure to feed them in hard Weather, and in Benting-time. 1752 E. Lisle Observ. Husb. 320 Midsummer is the oxen and cow-cattle's bennetting-time. < as lemmas |
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