| 释义 |
▪ I. fluey, a.1 Obs. exc. dial.|fluːɪ|
[prob. f. flue a.2 (which however is later in our quots.) + -y1.]
= flue a.2
1552T. Raynalde Birth Mankynde i. viii. 13 a, The sede and sparme [of women is] weake, fluy, cold, and moyste, and of no greate fyrmytie. 1876Surrey Provincialisms (E.D.S.), Fluey, of a weak delicate constitution..I have never heard the word applied except to animals.
▪ II. fluey, a.2|ˈfluːɪ|
[f. flue n.2 + -y1.]
Covered with flue.
1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xxii, I went upon 'Change, and I saw fluey men sitting there under the bills about shipping. 1862― Somebody's Luggage 4/2, I had the Luggage out within a day or two..It was all very dusty and fluey. |