单词 | chessom |
释义 | † ˈchessom, a. Obs. [Of uncertain etymology: a suggestion is that it = cheese-some ‘of the nature of cheese’, which suits the phonology, though the sense may be questioned, since cheese is of many kinds.] Of soil: Loose, friable, and free from stones or grit.
1626Bacon Sylva §665 The Tender, Chessome, and Mellow Earth, is the best; Being meere Mould, between the two Extreames of Clay, and Sand. 1675Evelyn Terra (1776) 6 Mould of..more delicate grain, tender, chessom, mellow; clear of stones and grittiness with an eye of loam and sand. ¶ Curiously mistaken by Johnson for a n.; the error is retained in later Dicts. |

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