| 释义 |
ˈwork-loom Sc. and north.
(now in form wark-).
[f. work n. + loom n.1]
A tool or implement, esp. one used in manual labour.
c1425Noah's Ark in Non-Cycle Myst. Pl. 22/82 Unlusty I am..Worklooms for to work and weeld. 1475–6Burgh Rec. Edin. (1869) I. 33 Gude and sufficiand graith and werkloumys. 1513Douglas æneis vii. xi. 82 The lust of all sic werklomis was adew. 1570Levins Manip. 161/34 A Worke loome, instrumentum. a1583Montgomerie Flyting 43 That warkloome quite [sc. a pen]. 1691Sir J. Foulis Acc. Bk. (S.H.S.) 140, 4 pund steell for y⊇ work loomes. 1785Burns Addr. to Deil xi, The best wark-lume i' the house. 1796Gall Tint Quey 9 [He] gat his wark-looms a' in tune, To ca' some tackets in his shoon. |