The lid of a clap-dish, or a rattle carried for the same purpose by beggars or lepers. Obsolete exc. Historical. (Cf. clap-dish, n.)
| 单词 | θ191804 |
| 释义 | society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > rattle used by beggars or lepers (9) clapperc1330 The lid of a clap-dish, or a rattle carried for the same purpose by beggars or lepers. Obsolete exc. Historical. (Cf. clap-dish, n.) clicket?a1425 A clapper or rattle; esp. (in French contexts) one of a type carried by beggars or lepers (cf. clack-dish, n., clap-dish, n.). Also (and in… clap1567 The clapper, n.1 2 of a beggar's clap-dish. clap-dish1587 A wooden dish with a lid, formerly carried by lepers, beggars from the lazar-houses, and mendicants generally, to give warning of their approach… lazarus-clapper1593 a clapper or rattle with which a leper gave notice of his approach. clack-dish1608 A wooden dish with a lid carried and clacked by beggars as an appeal for contributions; a clap-dish, n. lazar's clapper1611 = lazarus-clapper n. at Lazarus, n. compounds. lazar's clicket1611 = lazar's clapper n. lazar's snapper1658 = lazar's clapper n. |
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