α. 1500s roughen; English regional 1700s roughin (Kent), 1800s– rougin (Northumberland).
β. English regional 1600s– roughings; U.S. regional 1800s– roughings.
单词 | roughings |
释义 | roughingsn.α. 1500s roughen; English regional 1700s roughin (Kent), 1800s– rougin (Northumberland). β. English regional 1600s– roughings; U.S. regional 1800s– roughings. Originally English regional. In later use also U.S. regional. The coarse crop of grass that appears after mowing; (also) the stubble left after mowing or reaping. Cf. eddish n. 2, rowen n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > aftercrop > aftermath edgrewc1440 rowen1440 eddish1468 aftermath1496 lattermath1510 after-pasturec1541 fog1570 roughingsc1575 etch1580 aftergrass1587 eddish-grass1610 edge-growth1610 eatagea1642 lattermowth1661 eegrass1669 ear-grass1686 etch-crop1704 after-mowth1711 afterfeed1714 roweta1722 rowety grassa1722 aftergrowth1766 foggage1775 after-eatage1781 roughet1890 c1575 Auncient Custoums Dedham in G. H. Rendall Dedham in Hist. (1937) ii. 33 All the roughen and feedinge of the Edishe is free for the townshippe and parisheners untill Candlemas daye followinge. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 16 Eddish, Roughings. 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 65 Edisc is an old Saxon word signifying sometimes Roughings, Aftermathes. 1736 J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (ed. 2) 38 Roughin, the Grass after mowing. c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Ersh,..the stubble after corn is cut. In Derbyshire they call it edidge, and restrain it to roughings or aftermaths. 1843 A. Way in Promptorium Parvulorum 424 (note) Eddish, or after-grass..in Hampshire and Sussex..is called rowings or roughings. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Roughings, winter dried grass. 1914 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 10 Aug. 9/1 Plow and harrow the earth very fine and turn under a good fertiliser; some use roughings and manure. 1992 T. Wright Comprehensive Dict. World V. 255/1 Roughings, grass after mowing or reaping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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