单词 | water edge |
释义 | > as lemmaswater edge d. Belonging to or involving a body of water (cf. sense 11), or to water as a physiographical feature, as water edge, water scene, etc. See also waterfront n. 1, waterside n. 1, etc.In some (esp. early) uses the first element has the sense ‘of the body of water specified by the context’. ΚΠ OE Paris Psalter (1932) cvi. 23 Hi drihtnes weorc digul gesawon and his wundra wearn on wætergrundum. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 244 Alle ðe oðre cumen mide &..Beren him of ðat water-grund Up to ðe lond al heil & sund. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1169 Whan the blake wynter nyht..Bederked hath the water Stronde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4779 (MED) Iacob yode walcand be þe nile; He sagh a-pon þe watur reme Caf flettand dunward [with] þe strem. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iv Upon this water shore to you myne altars wyll I make. 1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia 85 Woods very thicke on the water shoares. 1690 R. Strutton True Relation Cruelties French 52/1 When they have all their Men, and other Provisions aboard, they will be so deep, not above Two Foot from the Water edge in the Midships. 1787 A. Young Jrnl. 8 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 17 The water-scenes from the town itself..are delicious. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 454 Chains of lakes, finely wooded down to the water-edge. 1813 R. Southey Life Nelson I. 19 It could not be possible to get the boats to the water edge before the fourteenth. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 4 Nov. 331 To those who like water-scenes..it is the prettiest spot..in all England. 1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 10 Seaforth Hall, an elegant seaside residence..Here I saw a pleasant water-view. 1865 London Rev. 30 Dec. 686/2 As the fisher saw the buried city in the waterdepths. 1917 Bull. Univ. Illinois: Water Surv. Series No. 14. 33 The banks for the most part are either mud or sod with trees growing to the water edge in some places. 1969 F. Herbert Dune Messiah in Galaxy Mag. Nov. 154/1 Kangaroo mice inhabited the grass at the water verge. 2004 H. Isham Image of Sea ii. 86 Sunrise, with a Boat between Headlands..is similar to his famous water scene Norham Castle. < as lemmas |
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