单词 | shire-town |
释义 | > as lemmasshire-town shire-town n. (a) the chief town of a shire, a county-town, see county n.1 and adj. Compounds 7; also transferred; (b) U.S. = county seat n. at county n.1 and adj. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > chief town of county or district shire-town1459 city1526 county town1626 bailiwick-town1675 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > chief town of county or district > in U.S. shire-town1648 1459 Rolls of Parl. V. 368/1 Make open Proclamation in the Shire Toune of the same Shire or Shires. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke ii. f. lxxiiijv Every man went in to his awne shyre toune, there to be taxed. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 396 Then Ouse saluteth Buckingham the Shire towne. 1648 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 189 The Court doth think fitt that the shire town of Norfolke be referred to further consideration. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) i. i. iii. 10 The Shire-Town is Derby. 1717 S. Sewall Diary 13 Jan. (1882) III. 132 Cambridge is the Shire-Town for Middlesex. 1857 M. H. Perley Hand-bk. New Brunswick 55 The shire town is Richibucto. 1881 Cent. Mag. Dec. 251/1 It was the central town in the county, and yet not the shire-town. 1969 Bangor (Maine) Daily News 10 July 1/5 (caption) This particular sign in Whiting..has omitted an ‘a’ from the shiretown of Washington County. < as lemmas |
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