单词 | ewage |
释义 | ▪ I. † ˈewage1 Obs. [a. OF. (jagounce) ewage, (? jacinth) of the colour of water:—L. aquāticus in same sense, f. aqua water.] A precious stone having the colour of sea water.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. ii. 14 Hir fyngres were fretted with golde wyre, And þere-on red rubyes..Orientales and ewages enuenymes to destroye. c1430Lydg. Ballad of our Lady xiv, Blewe ewage Stable as the loupe ewage of pitie. ▪ II. † ewage2 Obs. [AF., f. ewe (mod.F. eau) water + -age (see -age), as if repr. L. type *aquāticum, f. aqua water.] See quots.; also in med.Lat. form ewagium.
1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. Ewage, Ewagium, in our old writers, the same with Aquage, which is toll paid for water-passage. |

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