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单词 yetling
释义 yetling, n. and a. Sc. and north.|ˈjɛtlɪŋ|
Also 4–5 ȝet(t)lyng, 5 ȝettlyne, yetteling, 5–6 yetlyn(g, -line, 6 ȝet-, yaitling, 8 yetlen, (atelin), 8–9 yet(t)lin, yetland, 9 yetlan, yettling.
[f. yet v. + -ling1.]
A. n.
1. A pot or boiler, usually of cast iron; esp. one with a bow-handle and three feet.
1378–9Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 588 In factura unius yetling.1472Ibid. 246, ij ȝetlynges enee.1559Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 183 One yaitling of brasse.1564Ibid. 223 First a pan wth eares vs—ij yetlinges iiijs.1702in Northumbld. Gloss. (1892) 19 Itm. an atelin in the Abbey great kitchen.1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Yetling, a small iron boiler. N.1865Corvan, etc. Tyneside Songs 9 A kyel pot an a yetlin fell a-top iv his head.1892Raine Handbk. York Mus. 173 A fine..camp-kettle or yetling, 16½ in. high by 12 in. diameter, with three tall legs ending in claws.
2. Applied to various articles made of cast iron; (a) a small cannon; (b) a ‘girdle’ on which cakes are baked; (c) a ball used in bowls.
1566Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. XI. 518 Twa culvering moyanis of found and ane grit ȝetling of irne.1576Burgh Rec. Edin. (1882) IV. 51 The tovnis yetlingis lyand vpon the kirk of feild steipill, with thair fourniture.1866T. Edmondston Shetland & Orkney Gloss. 147 Yetlin, a girdle on which cakes are baked.1868D. Gorrie Summ. & Wint. in Orkneys ix. 354 Flat stones which served the purpose of yettlins, or girdles for firing cakes and scones.1895Fife News 19 Jan. 7 The ‘yettling’ measures some seven inches in circumference, and its regulation weight is from twenty two to twenty four ounces.
3. Cast iron.
1777W. Nimmo Stirlingsh. xiii. 309 It [sc. the pint jug] is made of a sort of yetlin, and appears to be very old.1845New Statist. Acc. Scot. VIII. ii. 413 The Stirling Jug..is made of a kind of brass or yettlin.1883J. Martin Remin. Old Haddington 384 The land was as hard as ‘yetlan’ and would soon kill them and their horses.
B. adj. Made of cast iron; (of iron) cast.
1495–6Priory of Finchale (Surtees) 394, j yetlyng pan et iiij laddels de auricalco.1572Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 381 Two yetling pans viijs.1578in Inv. Royal Wardr. (1815) 253 Ane demy culvering of yetline yron.1703Househ. Bk. Lady G. Baillie (1911) 170 A little yetlin kettle.1792Statist. Acc. Scot. IV. 167 The ploughs..have a cast yetland mould-board.1836M. Mackintosh Cottager's Dau. 190 My heart..As hard as ony yetlin floor Or whunstane rock.
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