单词 | way-gang |
释义 | way-gangn. Scottish (now chiefly Shetland and north-eastern). 1. = waygoing n. Sc. National Dict. (at wa-gang) records this sense as still in use in north-eastern Scotland in 1973. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out foundingOE partingc1300 outgoing?c1335 buskinga1400 way-gangingc1485 profectiona1538 departure1540 waygoinga1600 way-ganga1628 upcoming1654 outsettinga1698 setting-out1711 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] patheOE gangOE gangwayOE passagec1300 wenta1325 goingc1350 transit1440 way-wenta1450 accessa1460 traduct1535 conveyance1542 ancoming1589 passado1599 avenue1600 passageway?1606 pass1608 way-ganga1628 approach1633 duct1670 waygate?c1690 way-goa1694 vent1715 archway1802 passway1825 approach road1833 fairway1903 a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 740 He that is evill of his harborie, is gude of his wayga[ng]. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 27 Frost and fawshood have baith a dirty waygang. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns 81 It's dowie in the hint o' hairst At the wa'gang o' the swallow. 1883 J. Currie Poems & Songs 9 Yer 'wa'gang few laddies wad mourn, John Frost. 1894 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin: Swatches o' Hodden-Grey xxxi. 315 Their wa' gang [sc. the death of her parents] brak the hindmost link that bund her affections to Breeriebuss. 1922 E. S. Rae Glen Sketches 15 I jist ken Rob and Tam never cam' hame ahin their 'wa'gang. 1962 Buchan Observer 2 Jan. Ma mither gied tae th' door wi' the chielie fan he took his wa-gang. 2. A lingering taste or flavour; spec. an aftertaste. Also figurative. Sc. National Dict. (at wa-gang) records this sense as still in use in Shetland, north-eastern Scotland, and Angus in 1973. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > aftertaste aftertaste1592 farewell1634 after treat1674 repetition?c1710 way-gang1754 by-taste1799 whang1905 1754 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 24 It [sc. ale] had an ugly knaggim, an' a wauch wa-gang. 1871 D. Gilmour ‘Pen’ Folk (1876) 46 It hasna the sweet wa'gang o' the auld times. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 98 Da saut kidney maybe taks aff da waageng o' da oil. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Waageng I aye tink at a cup o tae efter a diet o stap taks awa da waageng o da fish oil. 2002 C. De Luca Plain Song 25 Da Norn is lang gien, but hit's left a waageng at keetchins a tongue. 3. A channel in which water runs away from a watermill. Cf. earlier way-go n. at way adv. Compounds 2. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at wa-gang) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1973. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water water leatOE water lade1224 leat1279 watergang1293 sow1316 trough1398 wissinga1400 lanec1420 waterway1431 water leasow1440 watercoursea1450 fleam1523 lead1541 cut1548 aqueducta1552 lake1559 strand1565 race1570 channel1581 watergauge1597 gout1598 server1610 carriage1669 runnel1669 aquage1706 shoot1707 tewel1725 run1761 penstock1763 hulve1764 way-gang1766 culvert1774 flume1784 shute1790 pentrough1793 raceway1793 water carriage1793 carrier1794 conductor1796 water carrier1827 penchute1875 chute1878 by-cut1883 1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 81 To cause the water restagnate upon the way-gang of the pursuer's mill. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. The canal through which water runs in its course from a miln, Lanarks.; often the wa-gang o' the water. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 21 Doon the gluckin' wa-gang path They cross'd on stanners at the wath. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1628 |
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