| 释义 |
margullie, v. Sc.
Also murgullie.
[a. OF. margul(l)ier, -goillier to roll in the mud, soil, pollute, bruise, mutilate.]
trans. ‘To spoil, to destroy, to mangle; to mar any business’ (Jam.).
1721Ramsay Address to Town Council i, They spoil'd my sense, and staw my cash, My muse's pride murgully'd. 1774C. Keith Farmer's Ha' lvii, Nature, unhurt by thrawart man, And nae margullied by chicane. 1836J. Struthers Dychmont iii. 142 Wasting time murgullying Greek. |