单词 | southering |
释义 | southeringadj. 1. Moving southwards; (now) esp. (of a bird) migrating south. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > [adjective] > moving towards the south southing1697 southering1803 the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > migrating migranta1682 migrating1753 migrative1802 southering1899 1803 J. Pickersgill Three Brothers I. iii. 155 The fierce rays of the southering sun scorched the topmost branches of the forest. 1893 Leisure Hour Sept. 706 The long fair grass-tufts which the sun In southering glory looked upon. 1899 Munsey's Mag. Sept. 827 When the leaf on the linden lusters, And the southering wild fowl clang. 1915 J. G. Neihardt Song of Hugh Glass iii. 37 'Twas so doomed that southering geese should flee Nine times. 1992 E. A. Proulx Postcards iv. 32 Southering geese spring up from the sloughs and ponds. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > having specific aspect > facing south southern1620 southeringa1838 a1838 J. Fitchett King Alfred (1842) VI. xliv. 179 But scarce was such congratulation o'er, Ere lo! coruscant o'er the southering hill, Banners blood-red amid the vale descend. 1855 Chambers's Jrnl. 31 Mar. 193/1 They are fain to lie down on the slope of some southering hill. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 278 The well-fenced vine, Whose clusters hung upon the southering side Of the fair hill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1803 |
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