| 释义 |
nieveful Sc. and north. dial.|ˈniːvfʊl|
Forms: 5 neful, 7 niewfulle, neiffeful; 7, 9 nief-, 8 neaf-, 9 neef-ful (9 -fu'); 8–9 nieve-, 9 neive-, niveful, -fu'; also 8 niev'ow, 8–9 neffow, 9 neffu, etc.
[f. prec. + -ful.]
A handful.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxv. (Julian) 758 Iulyane..his neful tuk of his blud red. 1665Sir J. Lauder Jrnl. (1900) 89 The beggar wives..piking furth in neiwfulles on all sydes. 1686G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 4 We'll have a pock pudding; Put a nief full of prunes in and make it a gude one. 1785Burns 2nd Ep. to J. Lapraik xvii, Their worthless nievefu' of a soul, May in some future carcase howl. 1839Moir Mansie Wauch (ed. 2) xxv, I swept up two nievefuls o' dominoes off the table. 1863J. L. W. By-gone Days 191 The alms..generally consisted in a ‘nievefou’ or two of oatmeal. |