单词 | choller |
释义 | chollern. dialect and Scottish. Cf. a1000 Lambeth Psalter cxlix. 6 On ceolre oððe þrote heora [L. in gutture eorum]. 1. The jaw, esp. the covering of the lower jaw when fleshy and over-hanging; hence, a flabby cheek, double chin, hanging lip of a hound, etc. ΚΠ 1785 Jrnl. fr. London 2 (Jam.) The second chiel..wi' a great chuller ouer his cheeks. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Chollers, Chillers, the sides of the neck. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) [Huug·lee leok·een uum·un—dhu chaul·urz oa ur du ang daew·n sae·umz u bèol duug,] ugly-looking woman—her cheeks hang down like a bull-dog's. 2. in plural. The gills of a fish. ΚΠ 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) You can slip your vingers into the chollers o' un. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1785 |
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