单词 | voe |
释义 | voen. Orkney and Shetland dialect. A bay, creek, or inlet. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea fleetc893 pillOE arm of the seaOE sounda1300 lougha1387 bracec1400 lough1423 firthc1425 loch1427 resort1477 estuarya1552 inshot1555 mere1574 portlet1577 fret1587 frith1600 sea-gate1605 creek1625 sea-lochc1645 wick1664 fjord1674 voea1688 backwater1867 strait gulf1867 ocean-arm1871 ria1887 fjard1904 geo1934 a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 93 Voe, a Creek or Bay, or firth, or inlet. a1733 Shetland Acts 33 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1892) XXVI. 201 That none fish with haddock lines within voes from Belton to Martinmas. 1791 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. I. 389 The voes, by which the parish [sc. Delting] is intersected. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. i. 18 A comfortable roadstead..with the house situated on the side of an inland voe. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 384/1 Tracts of cultivated and fertile land, generally near the voes and the sea-coasts. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 60 In the voes of Orkney, Haco, Thou didst spread thy prideful sail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1688 |
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