A condition in which food is scarce and dear; often, in earlier use, a time of scarcity with its accompanying privations, a famine; now mostly…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything > general scarcity of necessaries of life (5) deartha1325 A condition in which food is scarce and dear; often, in earlier use, a time of scarcity with its accompanying privations, a famine; now mostly… scarcityc1450 absol. Insufficiency of supply, in a community, of the necessaries of life, dearth. Also an instance of this, a period of scarcity, a dearth. evil wone1570 (full) good wone, (full) great wone: a good number, a great quantity; used either in apposition (often following the noun qualified), or with… benting (benneting) time1670 The going after bents [see bent, n.1 2c]. benting (benneting) time: the time when pigeons, etc., are reduced to feed on bents; also transferred. stint1820 Limitation, restriction. Excessive restriction in the supply of anything, esp. of the necessaries or comforts of life; the condition of being kept… |
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