单词 | clour |
释义 | clourn. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. A swelling or bump (on the head) caused by a heavy blow which does not break the skin. ΚΠ ?1507 Ballad of Kynd Kittok in W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen sig. b.ivv Sanct petir hat hir with a club quhill a gret clour [rhyme sour, pour] Rais in hir heid. 1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 94 All his Head was full of Clowrs. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 19 Cloor, a scratch, as that made by a pin or by the claws of a cat.] 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clour, or Cloor..a lump raised by a blow. 2. a. A heavy blow or knock such as would raise a bump (on the head). ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Poems 215 Frae less to mair it gaed to sticks; Frae words an' aiths to clours an' nicks. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 29 My head can stand a gay clour. b. transferred. A dint or bash made in anything. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Clour, a dint caused by a blow. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 6 Her great adventure..but for her open~hearted innocency, would have left both cloors and dunkles in her character. 1891 N.E.D. at Clour Mod. Sc. Your hat's got a clour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clourv. Scottish and northern dialect. transitive. To raise a lump on (the head) with a heavy blow or knock, to knock on the head; to bash, dint (metal, etc.). ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 11 Twa or three chields wad needs fight..and they got their crouns weel clowred. 1874 Sunday Mag. 823 They..strike their heads against one of his eternal laws and get them well cloured. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Clour his crown’, said of a good-humoured threat of a knock on the head. Derivatives cloured adj. ΚΠ 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 15 Blyth to win aff sae wi hale Banes, Tho' mony had clowr'd Pows. 1785 Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. 12 (Jam.) While mine [targe] wi' many a thudd is clowr'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1507v.1718 |
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