| 单词 | chapping stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschapping stick 2. Scottish. Striking, knocking. chapping stick, a stick to strike with, a weapon of offence. ΚΠ 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 69 It is the simplest of all tricks To suffer fools have Choping sticks.] 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 104 (Jam.) Fools should not have chapping sticks. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. vi. 90 There is an old..Scotch proverb, ‘Fools should not have chapping sticks’; that is, weapons of offense. 1823 W. Tennant Cardinal Beaton 117 (Jam.) An' I but ance tak up a chappin-stick, I'd fain knap a crown wi't, mair especially a rotten Papist's. < as lemmas |
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