单词 | clarigold |
释义 | † clarigoldn. Obsolete. rare. 1. A stringed musical instrument, a clarichord n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > clavichord clavichord1484 clarichord1502 clarigold1558 manicordium1611 manichord1668 1558 Will of John Hide (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/41) f. 239v I geve and bequeathe unto Margery Weekes..my Clarygoldes. 1592 P. F. tr. Hist. Dr. Faustus 8 Organs, Clarigolds, Lutes, Viols..and all maner of other Instruments. 2. A constable: ‘perhaps because their whips were “stringed instruments”’ (W. D. Macray, ed. Ret. Parn.). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > constable sub-constable1512 beagle1559 harman-beck1567 John?1576 clarigold1597 officer1597 constable1600 redbeard1607 Robin Hoga1682 Moabite1699 night-magistrate1699 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. i. 1269 I bespoke you a pasport, least the clarigols att some towns ende catche you. 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus v. ii. 1544 Let us loiter noe longer, leaste the clarigoles catche us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1558 |
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