| 释义 |
ˈscovy, a. dial.
Also scovey, scawvy.
[Cf. scawe, scawed a.]
Streaked, mottled, smeared.
1777Horæ Subsecivæ 382 (E.D.D.) Scovy wool, wool of several colours, not duely mixt in scribling, but streaky... Scovy cloth, when the abb, or the woof is not all of the same colour,..and the cloth appears in streaks or lines. 1864T. Q. Couch Wds. E. Cornw. in Jrnl. R. Inst. Cornw. Mar., Scovey, spotted, mottled. 1892S. Hewett Peasant Sp. Devon 120 Scawvy = smeary. ‘Go an' scrub thickee planche floor again; 'tez za scawvy I'm ashamed tu zee 'n.’ |