单词 | root-walt |
释义 | root-waltv. Now rare (chiefly English regional (west midlands) in later use). transitive. To overturn (a tree or other plant) by the roots; to uproot. Earliest in figurative use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up louka1000 morec1325 roota1387 unroot?a1425 stubc1450 roota1500 rid?1529 root-walt?1530 subplant1547 supplant1549 root?1550 grub1558 eradicate1564 to stump up1599 deracinate1609 uproot1695 aberuncate1731 eracinate1739 rootle1795 disroot1800 piggle1847 ?1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders sig. Diiiv The curse of the parentes doth eradicate and rotewalt and vtterly distroy both. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Root-wouted The wīnde's broke a lot o' trees i' the park, an' root-wouted some o' them big elms. Derivatives ˈroot-walted adj. ΚΠ 1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 291 A tree pulled up by the roots is called root-warted, in contradistinction to one that is cut or sawn down. 1911 Golden Bk. Wanamaker Stores i. iv. 15 See what rough paths then led to this place,—mere root-warted makeshifts for roads. 1954 Countryman 49 90 A plant that becomes uprooted is root wouted, and one vigorous of growth is ronk. ΚΠ 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 621/1 Much hurt was done..with the rootewalting of trees, aswel in woodes as in orchards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?1530 |
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