单词 | æstuary |
释义 | † ˈæstuary Obs. [ad. L. æstuārium (prop. adj. = tidal) a tidal opening, also a vent-hole for vapours. The L. form is also found unchanged.] 1. = estuary.
1706Phillips, æstuary, a Place overflow'd with Sea⁓water, such as the Washes and Fens in Lincolnshire. 1787T. Best Angling (ed. 2) 129 The Humber..is rather the mouth or æstuarium of divers rivers meeting together. 2. A vapour-bath.
1706Phillips, æstuary, in a Medicinal Sense, a receiving of the Vapours or Steam of certain boiled Drugs into the Body, thro' a hole made in a Seat or Chair. 1775Ash, æstuarium, in pharmacy, a vapor-bath. |

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