释义 |
chork, v. (now Sc.) [A variant of chark, with mimetic adaptation: cf. chirk.] To make the noise which the feet do when the shoes are full of water. (Formerly = chark.)
c1440Promp. Parv. 76 Cherkyn' or chorkyn' or fracchyn' as newe cartys or plowys, strideo. 1721Ramsay To W. Starrat 29 Aft have I wid through glens with chorking feet. Mod. Sc. My feet are chorking with water. |