单词 | drew |
释义 | † drewn. Obsolete. 1. A drop, a very small quantity (of liquid). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > a quantity of > small dropc1290 drewc1430 gutta1562 trickle1580 dribblea1682 sye1781 dreg1821 driblet1861 c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 60 Whanne þe child was .vij. ȝeer olde, Passyng sowkyng of milke drewis. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 965 The drie erthe ferre about had noght þerof a drewe. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 1143 in Shorter Poems (1967) 74 Of the wattir I micht neuer tast a drew. a1555 D. Lindsay Interl. Auld Man & Wife 87 The divill a drew sall cum in thy throte. 2. A morsel, a very small bit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece fingereOE snedec1000 seed?a1200 morselc1300 bittlock?a1400 farthingc1405 spota1413 lipetc1430 offe?1440 drewc1450 remnantc1450 parcel1483 crap1520 flakec1525 patch1528 spark1548 a piece1559 sparklec1570 inch1573 nibbling?1577 scantling1585 scrat1593 mincing1598 scantle1598 halfpenny1600 quantity1600 nip1606 kantch1608 bit1609 catch1613 scripa1617 snap1616 sippeta1625 crumblet1634 scute1635 scantleta1642 snattock1654 cantlet1700 tab1729 pallion1738 smallness1818 knobble1823 wisp1836 c1450 Cov. Myst. (1841) 36 Of whom we have our dayly food, Ellys we had but lytyl drewe. c1450 Cov. Myst. (1841) 405 Nakyd men and ffebyl of array Ȝe wolde nott socowre with a lytel drewe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1430 |
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