单词 | staithe |
释义 | staithen. Now local. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > [noun] staithec893 cliffeOE overeOE wartha1000 strandc1000 brimc1275 brinka1300 rivagec1330 water bankc1384 cleevea1387 watersidea1387 clifta1398 rival?a1400 shorec1400 water breach1495 common shorea1568 verge1606 praia1682 riva1819 splash zone1933 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §22 Of ðæm mere ðe Truso standeð in staðe. OE Riddle 2 6 Streamas staþu beatað. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 894 Æt Butting tune on Sæferne staþe. OE Riddle 22 19 Brohte hwæþre beornas ofer burnan ond hyra bloncan mid from stæðe heaum. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 177 Ripa, stæþ. [11.. p. 546 steþ.] c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4 He wonede at Ernleȝe..vppen Seuarne staþe. 2. A landing-stage, wharf; esp. a waterside depôt for coals brought from the collieries for shipment, furnished with staging and shoots for loading vessels. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay wharf10.. staithe1338 quay1399 lading1594 staithe1613 bankshall1681 riverfront1751 dock1817 riva1819 embarcadero1850 landing-quay1861 1338 Orig. Chartulary of Tinmouth Monastery f. 172, in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 255 Domus quam predictus prior et suus conventus..habent in predicta villa Novi Castri super le Stathes. c1390 in Gross Gild Merch. II. 169 [Lynn Regis] Unam communem placeam vocatam le commen stathe cum pertinenciis. 1420 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 17 We, serchours of the masons and wryghtes of the cite of York..awarde and deme yt a lyne be drawn straight fra ye corner of ye stathe of ye chauntery..un to ye nexte corner of ye stathe of ye common place. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 473/1 Stathe, waterys syde, stacio. 1519 in Archaeologia (1834) 25 418 For caryeng of ye same ij cads [of Red Heryngs] to ye Common Stathe, ij d. 1653 Lieut. Col. Lilb. Tryed & Cast 4 [He] sold a thousand pounds worth of Coales that were upon the Staithes. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 26 You may consider what Stayths or Wharffs there be upon the River. 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 19 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) The Rivers are not Navigable for Ships, so high as the Keys or Coal-Steaths. 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne i. 1 Train after train of coal-waggons slid by on the rail-road from the pit to the staithe. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 11 Arrived at the staiths, the waggons are emptied at once into the ships waiting alongside for cargo. 1905 Times 4 Mar. 9/6 At midnight last night the River Tyne Commissioners' new staithes..were totally destroyed by fire. 3. An embankment. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun] wharf1038 causeyc1330 wall1330 bulwark1555 scut1561 weir1599 mound1613 staithe1613 breastwork1641 embankment1786 bund1813 sheath1850 fleet-dyke1858 sheathing1867 causeway1878 flood-bank1928 stopbank1950 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay wharf10.. staithe1338 quay1399 lading1594 staithe1613 bankshall1681 riverfront1751 dock1817 riva1819 embarcadero1850 landing-quay1861 1613 A. Standish New Direct. 16 Especially in the Riuer of Owes, where the maintaining of Stayes and Bankes, costeth the Bishops of Durham at least a hundred Marke a yeare. 1698 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) i. 185 Their tyde..is fenced out with huge stathes, for if all the water might be suffered to come in that would, it would..dround..the whole Levels. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 52 The fertility of the soil..would induce the inhabitants..by means of staiths and embankments, to reclaim the land thus formed. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Staithes, masonry to prevent the ground as a foundation from being washed away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). staithev. dialect. transitive. To furnish with a staithe; to embank. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [verb (transitive)] levee1832 staithe1839 embank1872 1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 20 Considerable attempts must have been made, even at this early period to staith and embank the Trent. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby It was well steeath'd; i.e. strengthened by masonry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c893v.1839 |
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