单词 | shaking prairie |
释义 | > as lemmasshaking prairie a. In the senses of the verb. Of a bog, morass, etc.: Quaking. shaking prairie, (in Louisiana) quaking bog-land covered with thin herbage. shaking stone, a rocking stone. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > shaking quakingOE shaking?c1225 branglinga1522 doddering1746 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > trembling or quivering > from cold, infirmity, or emotion quakingOE shaking?c1225 shivering1577 shrugginga1586 shivery1837 shaky1850 trepidant1891 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > rocking or perched rocking stone1638 shaking stonea1705 logan-stone1759 logging-stone1818 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 51 [Lechery] mid schakinde word ȝeueð speres wunde. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 210 Þei..suffre pore men haue nakid sidis & schakynge lippis & hondis for cold. 1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande i. sig. Diijv And brought from Boggs to champion ground,..Yet doe thei loke to shaking boggs. 1660 R. May Accomplisht Cook 166 To make a Shaking Pudding. a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 240 Here lies a Stone, called the shaking Stone. 1763 J. Mills Syst. Pract. Husb. I. 137 Mr. Eliot's contrivance to drain a piece of shaking meadow, as he calls it. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 28 Item..a florentine, a shaking pudding. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxiii The cat made for a shaking bog—the loneliest place in the whole country. 1889 P. H. Emerson Eng. Idyls 133 Holding their shaking sides. < as lemmas |
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