| 释义 |
bespice, v.|bɪˈspaɪs|
[f. be- 1 and 4 + spice.]
1. trans. To season with (or as with) spice.
1575Churchyard Chippes (1817) 191 Sweete words did walke, bespyest [? bespyset] with fained cheere. 1601Holland Pliny xix. viii, Seasoned also and bespiced with the costly root of the plant Laserwoort. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. i. ii. 316 Thou His Cup-bearer..might'st be-spice a cup. 1611Rich Honest. Age (1844) 50 So be-spiced, and be-poudered, that a man may well vent them the breadth of a streete.
†2. To sprinkle as spice or seasoning. Obs.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 49 b, This root..being bespiced or bestrewed vpon their meate..killeth the Panther. |