单词 | stone-dike |
释义 | stone-dikestone-dyken. A dike constructed of stone; a stone fence or embankment. Also attributive (in quot. 1842 = enclosed with a stone-dike). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > low wall of turf or stone dikec1425 stone-dike1553 snap-dyke1793 reave1848 1553–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 289 The making of the stane dike on the north side of the South Loch, to hauld in the watter thairof. 1731 Mem. Capt. Creichton in J. Swift Wks. (1762) X. 225 Sir John Cogheran lay with a Party, in a Stone-Dike-Park, about ten Miles off. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 159 Stone-dikes are of all fences the readiest and most complete... Stone-dike inclosures are generally of dry stone. Derivatives stone-dike v. (intransitive) to build stone-dikes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (intransitive)] > build walls > specific type stone-dike1870 1870 J. Brown Lett. (1907) 201 They had been stonedyking since October. stone-diked adj. /-daɪkt/ enclosed with stone-dikes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > of or belonging to a wall > having (a) wall(s) > specific well-walleda1398 stone-diked1897 1897 Daily News 30 Sept. 6/2 Some village sanctuary on a Yorkshire or Lancashire upland among the stone-dyked fields. stone-diker n. a person who builds stone-dikes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > types of ground-waller1477 diker1497 cowan1598 rough waller1614 sea-waller1790 stone-diker1901 1901 R. M. F. Watson Closeburn iii. 37 David was a stone-dyker by trade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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