单词 | want-hill |
释义 | > as lemmaswant-hill want-hill n. a molehill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Talpa (mole) > molehill mole-heapc1400 molehillc1450 want-hillc1450 mouldwarp hill?c1475 mole-hillock1523 mole-bank1672 mole-cast1707 moley hill1899 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 615/10 (MED) Talpefodium, a wonthylle. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 380/1 Grumus,..an hop hil, mole-hill, or want hill. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Iiii3v/1 A Want-hill, une tampiniere. 1727 R. Bradley Compl. Body Husbandry ii. 28 This plough is used in some parts of Essex and Suffolk for cutting of mole-hills, want-hills and ant-hills. 1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft 681 Want, a mole... wande-weorp, a casting up, a mole-hill;..in Wessex wont-heaves and wont-hills. 2005 S. Elmes Talking for Brit. i. 22 A Cornish Glossary... Want-hill, a mole-hill. < as lemmas |
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