| 单词 | earlock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearlock earlock n. a lock of hair over or above the ear; spec. (in plural) = payess n.In quot. OE (in plural) rendering classical Latin antiae forelocks (see antiae n.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > lock or locks > [noun] lockeOE forelockc1000 hair-lockc1000 earlockOE foretopc1290 tressc1290 lachterc1375 fuke1483 sidelock1530 proudfallc1540 widow's locka1543 folding1552 fore-bush1591 flake1592 witch knot1598 tuft1603 French lock1614 head-lock1642 witch-lock1682 rat's tail1706 side-curl1749 scalp knot1805 rat-tail1823 straggler1825 scalping-tuft1826 scalp-lock1827 aggravator1835 soap-lock1840 payess1845 stringleta1852 list1859 tresslet1882 drake's tail1938 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 92 Antie, earloccas. 1628 W. Prynne Vnlouelinesse of Louelockes 6 The Heathenish, and Pagan Inhabitants of Duharhe doe cut their Haire, leauing onely two curled Lockes hanging downe from their Temples, which they tye vp vnder their Chinnes: which Eare-lockes, the Author stiles a pestilent custome. ?1775 ‘T. Bobbin’ Battle Flying Dragon p. viii He twists his Stick in the Ear-locks. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. i. 70 His hair strutting out on each side in stiffly pomatumed ear locks. 1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents II. xxx. 230 Their ear-locks either hang loose, or are braided in several strands. 1867 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 25 His ear-locks gray, striped with a foxy brown, Were braided up to hide a desert crown. 1967 E. Wilson Jrnl. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 630 The young men with sprouting black earlocks and beards under their chins. 2003 N. Rush Mortals xxi. 261 ‘These earlocks, they are called . . . ?’ ‘I forget what.’ ‘Just a minor thing. Peyot. There are called peyot.’ < as lemmas |
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