| 释义 |
cat's hair, cat-hair
[f. cat + hair, in Fr. poil de chat (Cotgr.).]
†1. A kind of tumour or sore. Obs.
1552Huloet, Cattes heere..furunculus. 1562Turner Herbal ii. (1568) 64 b, Cresses..driueth furth..sores such as one is called Cattis hare. 1585LLoyd Treas. Health T iv, The sore yt is called a cattes heare & brekinge out in the fingers. 1611Cotgr., Poil de chat, a Cats haire. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 116 Hard swellings, whether they be called cat-haires or cornes.
2. Sc.
a. ‘The down on the face of boys, before the beard grows’.
b. ‘The thin hair that often grows on the bodies of persons in bad health’ (Jamieson). |