英语词汇“harry、water”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

harry-water

释义

† ˈharry-water, a. and n.
Also 6 herriewater.
[f. harry v. + water.]
1. adj. That harries or despoils the water. As n., short for harry-water net, a kind of net with meshes so small as to catch very small fish.
1579Sc. Acts Jas. VI, c. 89 That destroyes the Smoltes and frye of Salmound..be Polkes, Creilles, Trammel-nets, and Herrie-waters.
2. transf. and fig. Cf. drag-net.
1552Lyndesay Monarche 4761 Their herywater they spred in all countries.1620A. Symson Christ's Test. Unf. E viij (Jam.), [The doctrine of Purgatory] is ane herrie-water-net, and hath ouer-spread the whole waters.1629Z. Boyd Last Battell 488 (Jam.) Alexander had fished the whole world with his herrie-water-net.

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