| 释义 |
† lime-rod Obs.
[f. lime n.1]
= lime-twig.
c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 394 The feeld of snow, with thegle of blak ther-Inne Caught with the lymerod, coloured as the gleede. 1550Coverdale Spir. Perle xxxi. 260 Like as y⊇ birde yt is caught with the lyme rode. 1617Minsheu, Lime twigges, or lime roddes. 1626Breton Fantastickes Jan. (Grosart) 7 The Currier and the Lime-rod are the death of the fowle. |