释义 |
▪ I. † leamer1 Obs. rare—1. In 5 lemer. [f. leam v.1 + -er1.] One that flashes or radiates light.
c1440York Myst. xiv. 111 Hayle, my lorde, lemer of light. ▪ II. ˈleamer2 dial. [f. leam n.3 or v.2 + -er1.] A nut fully ripe. Chiefly in brown leamer, a nut with a brown husk.
1832J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 126 Clusters of ripe nuts, which you can crack when you have gathered them, brown leamers every one. 1836Garnett in Q. Rev. Feb., Leemers, a north-country phrase for ripe nuts. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Leamers, or ‘brown leamers’ large filbert nuts. ▪ III. leamer variant of limer, a hound. |