spleet

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small strip of split wood or willow. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — But if the hiue be more then fourteene inches ouer within, it may wel receiue foure ſpleets.
动词 v.
  1. To fit (a beehive) with slips of wood. obsolete,transitive
    — And this is the eaſieſt & quickeſt way of ſpleeting a hiue: it is alſo ſtrong enough for bearing the combs, and beſt for taking them forth without breaking. Beſides which there are divers ſortes of ſpleeting needleſſe to be rehearſed: for every country hath his faſhion.
  2. To split. ambitransitive
    — Piſcem exdorſuare, […] To ſpleete out, oꝛ part alongeſt the ridge bone iuſt in the midſt.

词形变化

spleets plural spleets present,singular,third-person spleeting participle,present spleeted participle,past spleeted past spleets present,singular,third-person spleeting participle,present spleeted participle,past spleeted past

词源

词源 1
From Middle Dutch spleet, splete or Middle Low German splete, North Frisian splēt, related to split.
词源 2
Obscurely related to split. Compare the noun and rare Middle Low German spleeten.
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