单词 | droil |
释义 | † droiln. Obsolete. 1. A servant of all work; a drudge. ΘΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge drivelc1225 meniala1387 druggarc1500 drudgea1513 kitchen wencha1556 coal carrier1567 droy1570 packhorse?1577 droil1579 blue coat1583 sumpter1587 mill-horse1602 subsizar1602 jackal1649 mediastine1658 slut1664 hack1699 scrub1709 Gibeonite1798 the lion's provider1808 slush1825 Slave of the Lampc1840 runabout1893 lobby-gow1906 squidge1907 dogsbody1922 legman1939 shit-kicker1950 1579 W. A. Speciall Remedie (1844) Db A bond man to his appetites, A drudge unto a droyelle. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xcvi. 593 If his master would send him to the feeldes or vse him as a droyle in his house to doe whatsoeuer he had to be done. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 301 So they be faithfull droiles and drudges, they think more cannot be required. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. xi. §1. 264 Conditions of men..Freeman..Slave..Bondman..Droyl, Drudge. 2. Drudgery; toil in disagreeable work. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > wearisome or unrewarding drudgery1548 slavery1551 droiling1607 sluttery1615 under-drudgery1625 drudging1634 droila1644 fag1780 scrubbery1783 stodge1846 buggerlugging1878 a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) ii. 22 For what reward hath man of all his droyle. 1655 J. Shirley Gentleman of Venice i. ii 'Tis I do all the droil, the dirt-work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † droilv. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To drudge, slave, toil in mean work. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > toil > at something unpleasant drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 delve1838 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 157 Let such vile vassalls borne to base vocation Drudge in the world, and for their living droyle. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. iii. 14 O who would droyle, Or delve in such a soyle? 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvii. 207 To make mill-horses of them, that they may the better droile and drudge for the satisfaction of their lusts. 2. transitive. To subject to drudgery. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > perform with labour, toil at > cause to toil > at anything monotonous or unpleasant implod1609 droila1644 drudge1847 a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) i. 22 To what hopefull end Droyle we our crazy bodies? DerivativesΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > wearisome or unrewarding drudgery1548 slavery1551 droiling1607 sluttery1615 under-drudgery1625 drudging1634 droila1644 fag1780 scrubbery1783 stodge1846 buggerlugging1878 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > toiling swinking?c1225 travailinga1398 drudging1548 toiling1552 toilsome1566 toilful1596 sweaty1603 droiling1607 carkingc1620 laboriferous1656 fagging1665 moiling1692 tewing1855 maulinga1864 bullocking1900 1607 S. Hieron Abridgem. of Gospell in Wks. (1620) I. 135 Moiling and droiling there is for the world without measure. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 3 [The soul] left the dull, and droyling carcas to plod on in the old rode, and drudging Trade of outward conformity. 1674 Govt. Tongue ix. §13 The droiling pesant scarce thinks there is any world beyond his own village, or the neighboring markets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1579v.1591 |
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