| 释义 |
† ingine|ɪnˈdʒaɪn|
[The usual Sc. form of engine n., in senses 1 and 2 of that word, q.v. for other examples.]
Genius, natural ability, intellect.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. 156 The bounteis of that court dewlie to write War ouir prolixt, transcending mine ingine. 1511Dunbar Poems lxxvii. 60 Hir for to treit thai sett thair haill ingyne. 1562Winȝet Cert. Tractates i. Wks. 1888 I. 5 Pure studentis of ryche ingynis. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ii. 137 Of ane elegant forme, and ane rype Ingine. c1620Sir W. Mure Misc. Poems xx. 11 The puir issues of my weak ingyne. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 17 And I na help their weak ingyne Wi' my suggestions strang?
Hence † inˈgined a., minded, disposed. rare—1.
a1605Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 155 Iacstro, bee better anes inginde, Or I shall flyte against my sell. |