释义 |
birling, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈbɜːlɪŋ| [f. birle v. + -ing1.] The action of drawing or pouring out liquor; also fig.
a1340Hampole Psalter lxxiv. 7 [lxxv. 8] Chalis of clere wyn that is, birlynge of rightwis dome. c1440Promp. Parv. 51 Bryllynge of drynke, propinacio. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxiii, The Tod's-hole, an house of entertainment where there has been mony a blithe birling. |