单词 | underdelve |
释义 | † underdelvev. Obsolete. transitive. To dig under; to undermine by digging. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig under underdelvec1000 underwroota1272 undermyec1330 minec1380 underminea1382 underdig1382 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxxii. 204 Sum eac underdealf þa duru mid spade. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xii. 39 He wacode, and ne geþafode þæt man his hus underdulfe. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlix. 6 In her owne wil thei vndurdelueden the wal. a1400 Pauline Ep. (Powell) Rom. xi. 3 Lord þey haue slayn þi prophetis; þey haue vndyrdolue þyn auteris. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 511/1 Vnder delvyn, suffodio. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating > digging under underminingc1380 underdelvingc1440 suffossion1623 undercutting1877 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 511/1 Vnder deluynge,..subfossura, subfossio. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [adjective] > dug or excavated wroughtOE underdolven1382 holkedc1420 cast1487 mineda1500 pioneda1616 uneartheda1625 delved1673 disentombed1871 dugout1886 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxix. 17 The tend vp thingis with fyr, and the vnder doluen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.c1000 |
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