单词 | dade |
释义 | daden. Explained by Halliwell and Wright in their 1859 edition of Nares's Glossary as ‘a bird, apparently one which wades in the water’, an explanation repeated by N.E.D. (1894), but most likely a personal name.Like Swallow and Dove in quot. 1660-1, Dade is the name of a 17th-cent. almanac-maker. Except for the fact that the names of the first two almanac-makers are apparently used punningly, there is no evidence that the word ever referred to a kind of bird. See further J. T. Curtiss in Mod. Lang. Notes 42 (1927) 100–102. ΚΠ 1660–1 Englands Great Prognosticator (single sheet) There's neither Swallow, Dove, nor Dade, Can soare more high, or deeper wade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † dadev. Obsolete (English regional (chiefly northern and midlands) in later use). 1. transitive. To lead and support (a person who totters or moves unsteadily, esp. a child learning to walk). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > support a child learning to walk dade1580 paddle1828 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > lead and support dade1580 1580 T. Wilcox in tr. J. Calvin Three Propositions f. 73v Gods holy spirite who is the true guide, whereof wee haue neede euen as a little childe, that is daded (as we say) guyded and lead of the Father, by the arme or hande. 1598 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) f. 88v The little children when they learne to go, By painfull mothers daded to and fro. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 399 Such he ought to enforme, to direct, to dade and leade by the hand. 1710 S. Jenks Short Rev. Jansenius 80 Let but the Nurse, who dades a Child, resolve to let it have the whole swing of its Will and Pleasure. 1859 E. Waugh Lancs. Songs 72 [Gloss.] Dost think thae could doff me an' dad me to bed? 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Dade, to help to walk..‘I shouldn' ha' got home, if they hadn' daded me along.’ 2. intransitive. To move slowly or with uncertain steps; to toddle, like a child learning to walk. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with short unsteady steps toddle?1590 paddle1606 dade1612 diddle1632 daddle1710 dacker1817 tottle1822 tot1824 poddle1827 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 8 Which, nourisht and bred vp..No sooner taught to dade, but from their Mother trip. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiv. 233 But easely from her source as Isis gently dades. 1618 D. Belchier Hans Beer-pot sig. G2 Then Ile be hang'd, good sir, how can that runne? That doth but dade, can hardly goe or stand. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 135 Dade,..to walk with help; also, to go slowly; to ‘toddle’, which is apparently the frequentative form of the word. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1660v.1580 |
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