单词 | to plough or sow fleet |
释义 | > as lemmasto plough or sow fleet b. (That is) at no great depth; near the surface; esp. quasi-adv. in to plough or sow fleet. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > shallowness > [adverb] shoalc1315 shallowly1593 fleet1633 shallowa1706 fleetly1844 1633 D. Rogers Treat. Two Sacraments Gospell i. 160 The root is so..fleet, that it will scarce furnish the tree with leaves. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 185 Sometimes we find Gold..as fleet as the roots of shrubs in Peru. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry ii. 80 Those Lands must be ploughed fleet. 1803 Ann. Agric. 40 322 ‘Fallow deep, but sow fleet.’ 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 ii. 326 The land is ploughed ‘fleet’, or about 3½ inches deep. 1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (at cited word) To plough fleet is to skim-plough land. < as lemmas |
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