单词 | well-glebed |
释义 | † well-glebedadj. Obsolete. rare. 1. Provided with a substantial glebe or portion of land. Cf. glebe n. 2b. ΚΠ c1645 W. E. in Cleveland's Poems (1677) 124 A well-gleb'd Vicarage. 2. Covered in a great deal of soil; very dirty. Cf. glebe n. 1a, 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > very Augean1689 well-glebed1691 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. x. 368 The Cattle in their Bosoms are quag-mir'd in the filth of their well-gleb'd Attire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.c1645 |
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