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Webster 1913 Edition


adit

ad′it

(ăd′ĭt)
,
Noun.
[L.
aditus
, fr.
adire
,
aditum
, to go to;
ad
+
ire
to go.]
1.
An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; – called also
drift
and
tunnel
.
2.
Admission; approach; access.
[R.]
Yourself and yours shall have
Free
adit
.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adit

ADIT

,
Noun.
[L. aditus, from adeo, aditum, to approach, ad and eo, to go.]
An entrance or passage; a term in mining, used to denote the opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away. It is usually made in the side of a hill. The word is sometimes used for aid-shaft, but not with strict propriety.

Definition 2024


adīt

adīt

See also: adit, -adit, and -ádit

Latvian

Adīt

Verb

adīt tr., 3rd conj., pres. adu, adi, ada, past adīju

  1. to knit (to make a fabric by forming thread loops and pulling them through each other with special needles)
    adīt džemperi ― to knit a sweater
    adīt rakstu ― to knit a pattern
    prast adīt ― to know how to knit
    adīta jakaknitted jacket
    Stine adīja zeķes un cimdus ― Stine was knitting socks and gloves
    Lavīze negulēja; sēdēja kaktā aiz skapja un adīja ― Lavīze did not sleep; she sat in the corner behind the wardrobe and knitted

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • apadīt
  • ieadīt
  • izadīt
  • noadīt
  • paadīt
  • pāradīt
  • pieadīt
  • saadīt
  • uzadīt
other derived terms:
  • adāmadata, adāmā adata
  • adījums
  • adītava

Related terms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), adata”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7