| 单词 |
rootage |
| 释义 |
rootage|ˈruːtɪdʒ| [f. root n.1 or v.1] †1. The act of rooting out. Obs.—1
1587Harrison England iii. ii. (1878) 16 The like order is taken with us for our vermines, as with them also for the rootage out of their wild beastes. 2. Root-hold; firm rooting.
1874Murdoch Sandy M'Tartan 22 The thistle-flow'r o' Scotland!—It finds fit rootage there. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion iii. i. 101 Our seeds of total life Find rootage, and..Redeem this desolation. 1885Homiletic Rev. Sept. 232 Being destitute of rootage in the soil of faith. 3. A system of roots; a root-stock.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1927H. E. Fosdick Pilgrimage to Palestine 60 The very rootage from which came Aaron's rod that budded..the solemn monks still show to the visitor. |

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