单词 | salt spring |
释义 | salt springn. A flow of salt water or brine out of the earth; a brine-spring, brine-well. Also as attributive.phr. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] > salt brine-spring1594 salt spring1601 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well water piteOE wellOE pitOE pulkc1300 draw-wellc1410 draught-wellc1440 winchc1440 brine-well1594 salt spring1601 sump1680 pump well1699 spout-well1710 sump hole1754 pit-well1756 sink1804 bucket-well1813 artesian well1829 shallow well1877 dip-well1894 garland-well1897 village pump1925 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. vii. 416 In some parts of Spaine there be salt springs. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1899) II. ii. 301 After the deathe of Richard the Saltspringes of Wich fell to decaye. 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 321 in Fleta Minor i Of Salt-Petre, Vitriol, Allum and Salt Springs. 1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 382 The Sea-water and Salt-springs sustain it [sc. alimentary salt]..in a liquid form. 1782 T. Pennant Journey Chester to London 27 The Britons, who had, in several places, plenty of salt-springs. 1834 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 4 31 The comparative strength of the salt springs of that country at different depths. 1839 G. Roberts Dict. Geol. Salt Springs, which contain a large quantity of common salt, obtained from them by mere evaporation. 1852 J. Reynolds Pioneer Hist. Illinois 86 They discovered in the present county of Galatin, salt springs. 1853 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 4 9 The twenty-two sections of salt spring lands now unappropriated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmassalt spring salt spring n. < n.1601 as lemmas |
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