单词 | droy |
释义 | † droyn. Obsolete. A servant; 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 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 31v Good droy to serue hogs, to help wash & to milke. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fviiiv Any droye or pussle in the Cuntrey. 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xviii.) f. 66 Euery droy in the house, yea the kitchen mayd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † droyv. intransitive. To toil, drudge. ΘΚΠ 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 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. F He which can, in office drudge, and droy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1570v.1576 |
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