单词 | cheshire |
释义 | Cheshiren.1 to grin like a Cheshire cat [of undetermined origin] . ΚΠ 1770–1819 J. Wolcot in Wks. (1812) 91 Lo! like a Cheshire cat our court will grin. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 49 Lavender was there..grinnin like a chessy cat. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiv. 236 Mr. Newcome says..‘That woman grins like a Cheshire cat’. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland vi. 82 ‘Please, would you tell me,’ said Alice.. ‘why your cat grins like that?’ ‘It's a Cheshire cat,’ said the Duchess. Compounds Cheshire acre n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > an acre > specific stang1326 acre by lug1602 lug-acre1635 Welsh acre1675 plantation acre1705 Cheshire acre1808 geld-acre1880 1808 H. Holland Gen. View Agric. Cheshire xvii. 342 Land was formerly very generally measured in this county by what is called the Cheshire acre, containing 10,240 square yards; and this measure still continues to be employed to a certain extent, particularly in the northern part of the county. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 98/1 There are also local acres in various parts of England, such as the Cheshire acre of 8 yards to the pole. 1928 Daily Express 31 July 3 How many square yards constitute a ‘Cheshire acre’?..10,240 square yards. Cheshire Cheese n. (a well-known kind). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > varieties of cheese goat cheeseOE green cheesec1390 rowen cheesea1425 bred-cheesec1440 hard cheesec1470 ruen cheese1510 parmesan1538 spermyse1542 angelot1573 cow-cheese1583 goat's cheese1588 Cheshire Cheese1597 eddish-cheese1615 nettle cheese1615 aftermath cheese1631 marsolini1636 Suffolk cheese1636 Cheddar cheesea1661 rowen1673 parmigianoa1684 raw-milk cheesea1687 fleet cheese1688 sage-cheese1714 Rhode Island cheese1733 Stilton cheese1736 Roquefort cheese1762 American cheese1763 fodder cheese1784 Old Peg1785 blue cheese1787 Dunlop cheese1793 Wiltshire1794 Gloucester1802 Gruyère1802 Neufchâtel1814 Limburger cheese1817 Dunlop1818 fog cheese1822 Swiss cheese1822 Suffolk thumpa1825 Stilton1826 skim dick1827 stracchino cheese1832 Blue Vinney1836 Edam1836 Schabzieger1837 sapsago1846 Munster1858 mysost1861 napkin cheese1865 provolone1865 Roquefort1867 Suffolk bang1867 Leicester1874 Brie1876 Camembert1878 Gorgonzola1878 Leicester cheese1880 Port Salut1881 Wensleydale1881 Gouda1885 primost1889 Cantal1890 Suisse1891 bondon1894 Petit Suisse1895 Gervais1896 Lancashire1896 Pont l'Évêque1896 reggiano1896 Romano1897 fontina1898 Caerphilly cheese1901 Derby cheese1902 Emmental1902 Liptauer1902 farmer cheese1904 robiola1907 gjetost1908 reblochon1908 scamorza1908 Cabrales1910 Jack1910 pimento cheese1910 mozzarella1911 pimiento cheese1911 Monterey cheese1912 processed cheese1918 Tillamook1918 tvorog1918 anari1919 process cheese1923 Bel Paese1926 pecorino1931 Oka1936 Parmigiano–Reggiano1936 vacherin1936 Monterey Jack1940 Red Leicester1940 demi-sel1946 tomme1946 Danish blue1948 Tilsit1950 St.-Maure1951 Samsoe1953 Havarti1954 paneer1954 taleggio1954 feta1956 St. Paulin1956 bleu cheese1957 Manchego1957 Ilchester1963 Dolcelatte1964 chèvre1965 Chaource1966 Windsor Red1969 halloumi1970 Montrachet1973 Chaumes1976 Lymeswold1981 cambozola1984 yarg1984 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus Prol. 10 Hee never since durst name a peece of cheese, Thoughe Chessire seems to priviledge his name. 1638 T. Verney in V. Papers (1853) 197 Twenty holland cheeses, or good chessheir chees. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 82 A Cheshire Cheese..at 10d. p. lb. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer v. v. 65 He shall Box, Wrestle, or dance the Cheshire-Round with any Man in the County. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. iv. 18 The Fidlers, with their Chaplets crown'd, Now gave the Mob a Cheshire-Round. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). Cheshiren.2 Cheshire home n. any of the Cheshire Foundation Homes for the disabled established by Leonard Cheshire in Britain and elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > home for the disabled Cheshire home1955 1955 Times 19 Feb. 4/7 Cheshire Homes.—Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, V.C., founder of the Cheshire Foundation Homes, has opened a new Cheshire home for tuberculosis sufferers. 1984 Times 26 May 3/3 A Victorian country mansion, which was used as the county police headquarters at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, for more than 20 years, is to become a Cheshire home for the disabled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online January 2018). < n.11597n.21955 |
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