| 单词 | waterstead |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaterstead waterstead n. (a) chiefly English regional (northern) the bed or course of a river or stream; (also) a place on the bank of a river or stream where cattle can go down to drink; (b) a tract or stretch of water; a waterfront (somewhat rare). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > bed of rakeeOE channela1387 cannela1400 watercourse1566 alveus1686 waterstead1775 fiumara1820 stream-way1822 wash1894 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bank > [noun] > of river > where cattle drink waterstead1775 1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 548 Waterstead, the Bed or Course of a river or brook. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Water-stead, the bed of a river. 1865 E. Waugh Besom Ben v. 51 ‘Yo two heighve it [sc. a donkey]; an' aw 'll go to th' tother side an' 'tice it wi' a bit o' brade.’ ‘Well, then,’ said Rip, ‘Let 's drive it up th' wayter-stid.’ 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 495 Water-stead, the bed of a river,..still exists. 1919 Pacific Ports Sept. 89/1 Practically all the ports on the South American Pacific Coast are nothing more than open watersteads. 1961 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 2 Apr. c4/3 Harry Price of Anderson two bass..in the central Cowskin area. (Note to Bill Rhea: That fellow's getting right into our waterstead.) 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 336/2 Watter-stead, the bed or course of a stream. < as lemmas |
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