† watershotn.

Forms: see water n. and shot n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., shot n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + shot n.¹

Obsolete.

A sudden flood.

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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]

streamc950

water floodOE

floodc1000

waterOE

diluvya1325

waterganga1325

flowinga1340

delugec1374

diluvec1386

Noah's floodc1390

overflowing1430

inundation1432

flowa1450

surrounding1449

over-drowninga1500

spate1513

float1523

drowning1539

ravine1545

alluvion1550

surundacion1552

watershot1567

overflow1589

ravage1611

inunding1628

surroundera1642

water breach1669

flooding1799

debacle1802

diluviation1816

deluging1824

superflux1830

whelm1842

come1862

floodage1862

sheet-flood1897

flash flooding1939

flash-flood1940

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 190 Deepe valleyes haue by watershotte [L. decursus aquarum] beene made of leuell ground.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 6) i. f. 57 That which foloweth of watershots [L. de torrentibus], implyeth as much as if he had sayd hee had bin overwhelmed with violent rage, as if it were with a flud.

1713 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds iv. 9 Great Land-Floods, or Water-Shots, which, if suffer'd to run over the Bank, will carry away the Fish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	watershot
释义	† watershotn. Forms: see water n. and shot n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., shot n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + shot n.¹ Obsolete. A sudden flood. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] streamc950 water floodOE floodc1000 waterOE diluvya1325 waterganga1325 flowinga1340 delugec1374 diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 overflowing1430 inundation1432 flowa1450 surrounding1449 over-drowninga1500 spate1513 float1523 drowning1539 ravine1545 alluvion1550 surundacion1552 watershot1567 overflow1589 ravage1611 inunding1628 surroundera1642 water breach1669 flooding1799 debacle1802 diluviation1816 deluging1824 superflux1830 whelm1842 come1862 floodage1862 sheet-flood1897 flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 190 Deepe valleyes haue by watershotte [L. decursus aquarum] beene made of leuell ground. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 6) i. f. 57 That which foloweth of watershots [L. de torrentibus], implyeth as much as if he had sayd hee had bin overwhelmed with violent rage, as if it were with a flud. 1713 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds iv. 9 Great Land-Floods, or Water-Shots, which, if suffer'd to run over the Bank, will carry away the Fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > see also also refers to : water-shotadj. also refers to : † water-shotadv. < n.1567 see also
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