单词 | rifty |
释义 | † riftyadj. Obsolete. Having rifts; full of rifts. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > broken > split, cleft, or cracked rivena1325 crazeda1400 cracked1503 rifty1547 slived1548 rived1581 crazen1596 sprung1597 rifted1602 sliftered1602 flawed1639 chinky1645 slaven1688 sliven1688 cracky1725 reft1763 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Agenoc, ryfty. 1560 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodyake of Lyfe iii. sig. Evv The sliftye riftye vesseles heare, Matemurdring sisters beare. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. cxx. 299 Nothing but glory will make tight and fast our leaking and rifty vessels. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 110 These are rifty, and present numerous distinct concretions. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 250 [It] may become rifty, and thus split by the weather. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1547 |
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