| 单词 | wash-way | 
| 释义 | wash-wayn. dialect.  1.   a.  A portion of a road crossed by a shallow stream. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > 			[noun]		 > place where something may be crossed > fordable place > ford > portion of road crossed by stream wash-waya1631 water splash1820 a1631    J. Donne Serm. 		(1955)	 II. 136  				He that hath not been accustomed to a sin, but exercised in resisting it, will finde many tentations, but as a wash way that he can trot thorough, and goe forward religiously in his Calling for all them. 1767    Ann. Reg. 1766 66  				Yesterday morning..the North mail cart, going through Tottenham Washway, was under water. 1804    Aston's Manch. Guide 17  				The cart road through Hanging-ditch was through a wash-way, so narrow, that only one cart could pass at once. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt			[verb (transitive)]		 > treat with contempt unworthc950 to make scorn at, toc1320 to take in vainc1330 despise1377 rebuke?a1400 despite1481 indign1490 to make a mumming of1523 flock1545 scandalize1566 to make coarse account of1578 misregard1582 overpeer1583 to make a pish at (also of)1593 to make a push at1600 to bite by the nose1602 blurta1625 to piss ona1625 to make wash-way of, with1642 trample1646 huff1677 snouch1761 to walk over (the course)1779 to run over ——1816 snoot1928 shaft1959 1642    D. Rogers Naaman 32  				But man heares like the Adder with a deafe eare: she makes wash-way with patience, word conscience and all. 1642    D. Rogers Naaman 298  				A common servant makes wash way of his service; lookes at his Master for his owne ends. 1642    D. Rogers Naaman 618  				Made wash-way of all sorts of performances, and made them common things.  2.  A road deeper in the middle than at the sides. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > 			[noun]		 > deeper in middle than at sides wash road1765 wash-way1790 1790    W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 44  				A ‘washway road’. 1808    T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. County of Bedford 588  				The form of the roads is generally convex, and the few concave or wash-ways that may be observed, seem [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < | 
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