单词 | blea |
释义 | blean. rare. The young wood of a tree under the bark; the alburnum or white wood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > young wood or alburnum sapc1374 body?1523 wood?1523 alburnum1664 whitewood1668 blea1736 softwood1751 sap-wood1791 alburn1864 included sapwood1933 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Ble, Blea, Blee (in Chirurgery), the inward Bark of a Tree, or that Part of the wood, which was last form'd. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) While the blea remains yet soft..it may maintain a feeble vegetation. 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 20 The blea and the inner bark. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bleav. Obsolete exc. dialect. intransitive. To bleat as a lamb or kid; to cry piteously as a child. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound bleatOE blea1568 baa1593 whicker1808 maa1827 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound bleatOE muttera1325 blea1568 rattle1575 rottle1688 rat1713 whicker1753 maa1827 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. vi. sig. E.iijv Me thinketh I here a yong kidde blee. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 242 In their sleepe, they seeme to low or blea, and thereupon they be called Sea-calues. 1623 J. Taylor Very Merry Wherry-Ferry Voy. (1885) 15 Cocks did crow, and lambs did bleat and blee. Derivatives ˈblaying n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > bleat bleat?a1513 blayinga1586 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl yowlinga1225 yei?a1289 yollinga1300 howling1490 yowl?a1513 yawling1568 blayinga1586 whewling1609 howla1616 vagitusa1651 ululation?1799 gowl1805 waul1856 wow1862 whoo1891 blarting1898 ululance1951 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by habits or actions > sound made by bleatinga1398 blayinga1586 baa1589 bleat1600 maaing1826 baaing1832 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 60 Tell her in your piteous blaying Her poore Slaues iust decaying. ˈbleying n. ΚΠ 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. i. i. 10 The bleying of Sheepe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1736v.1568 |
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