单词 | snow-broth |
释义 | snow-brothn. Melted snow; water produced or obtained by the melting of snow, esp. from natural causes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > [noun] > water from melted snow or ice snow-broth1600 snow-melt1927 meltwater1932 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > melted snow snow-broth1600 α. β. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 75 In mony a torrent down the snaw-broo rowes.1803 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 400 Until the melted snow (snaw bru) is out of the water.1899 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 7/2 Fishing will almost certainly be temporarily stopped on account of the ‘snaw-broo’.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xxxvi. 413 They were faine to go upon the bare yce underneath, and in the slabberie snow-broth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 57 A man, whose blood Is very snow-broth . View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum viii. 64 In cold frosty or snowy weather, or where store of Snow broth is in the River. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Snow-broth, Snow-water. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. vi. 29 This is none of your snow-broth,..it's warming. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 416 Snow-broth,..snow melted in a vessel is so called. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Apr. 5/1 The bitter east winds of March,..and the almost certain ‘snow-broth’ in the water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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