| 单词 | way-reeve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasway-reeve ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > officials responsible for roads way-serjeant1334 wayman1458 warden1486 waywarden1649 way-reeve1788 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. I. 189 Every township ought to employ a roadman or working-way-reave..for the same excellent purpose [of road-mending]. 1798 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Southern Counties II. 264 The wayreeves of the Isle of Wight have hit upon a simple, and cheap method, of forming quarterings, in hollow ways, and difficult places, where there was only one narrow waggon track. 1865 J. M. Ludlow Pop. Epics Middle Ages II. v. 379 They reach the city at dinner-time, but Blanch-flower neither eats nor drinks; onward still they press to the house of Symon the good way-reeve. 1883 J. J. Britton Lay of Lady Ida 13 ‘Wayreeve, this hath dazed my brain, Knowest thou not that I am Pepin!’ Down the Wayreeve by his rein Knelt. < as lemmas |
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