单词 | curry-comb |
释义 | curry-combn. A comb or instrument of metal used for currying horses, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses > grooming instruments horse-comba1100 wisp1362 combc1440 mane-comb1564 curry-comb1573 scraper1581 rubber1598 teaseler1607 French brush1655 sweating-iron1753 dandy-brush1845 groomera1884 sweat-scraper1908 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14v A currey combe, mainecombe, & whip for a Iade. a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ddd v/2 The devill with a Currie-combe Scratch 'em, and scrub 'em. 1714 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 29 49 Rubbing and currying..with a Currycomb and Brush. 1882 H. Lansdell Through Siberia I. 137 Siberian post-horses are sorry objects to look at..A curry-comb probably never touches their coats. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches i. sig. E2 I have..then halfe a score mile to ride by currie-combe time, i' the morning. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 15 Old Ruggins, the curry-comb-maker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). curry-combv. transitive. To rub down or groom with a curry-comb; to curry. Also transferred and figurative: see curry v.1 ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat threshOE beatc1000 to lay on?c1225 chastise1362 rapa1400 dressc1405 lack?c1475 paya1500 currya1529 coil1530 cuff1530 baste1533 thwack1533 lick1535 firka1566 trounce1568 fight1570 course1585 bumfeage1589 feague1589 lamback1589 lambskin1589 tickle1592 thrash1593 lam1595 bumfeagle1598 comb1600 fer1600 linge1600 taw1600 tew1600 thrum1604 feeze1612 verberate1614 fly-flap1620 tabor1624 lambaste1637 feak1652 flog1676 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slipper1682 liquora1689 curry-comb1708 whack1721 rump1735 screenge1787 whale1790 lather1797 tat1819 tease1819 larrup1823 warm1824 haze1825 to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839 flake1841 swish1856 hide1875 triangle1879 to give (a person or thing) gyp1887 soak1892 to loosen (a person's) hide1902 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > groom horse curryc1290 scrub13.. shruba1400 kembc1400 dress1510 to rub down1593 wispa1598 curry-comb1708 groom1809 strap1854 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. vii. 26 The Groom..ordered one of his Underlings to..curricomb him with a Cudgel. 1809 W. Scott in C. K. Sharpe's Corr. (1888) I. 366 I would willingly embrace your offer of curry-combing Miss Owenson. 1839 Times 13 Sept. They do not believe a priest can currycomb off their sins. 1842 C. G. F. Gore Fascination 42 The principal clerk..became suddenly as serious as an ass that is being currycombed. Derivatives ˈcurry-comber n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses > currier of horse currier1555 curry-comber1889 1889 G. Rawlinson Hist. Anc. Egypt (ed. 4) ii. 32 The Apis bull..had his train of attendant priests..his grooms and curry-combers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1573v.1708 |
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