| 释义 |
† ˈthevis ˈnek Sc. Obs.
= ‘Thief's neck’, one fit for the gallows: a term of opprobrium.
In quots. represented as the cry of the tewhit or lapwing.
c1450Holland Howlat 823 The Tuchet and the gukkit Golk... Callit him [the Rook] thryss thevisnek, to thrawe in a widdy. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The tuechitis cryit theuis nek, quhen the piettis clattrit. |