单词 | dunkle |
释义 | dunklen. Scottish. Now rare. An indentation or depression made in something by a blow or by pressure; a dent. Also figurative. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this word as still in use in Ayrshire in 1950. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface hollowc897 printa1387 impression1398 puncha1430 dent1565 dint1590 dinge1611 doke1615 impressurea1616 depressure1626 depression1665 dawk1678 swage1680 indent1690 sinking1712 dunkle1788 indenture1793 delve1811 subsidation1838 indention1839 recess1839 indentation1847 incavation1852 deepening1859 sink1875 malleation1881 ding1922 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. Gloss. 231/1 Dunkle, a hole made in metal by a stroke or fall. 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 149 Tho' twall years tauld I've kenn'd your case—An' time leaves mony duncles; I've seen nae change upo' your face. 1880 P. McArthur Amusements in Minstrelsy 76 If it didna break my heart, it left a fearfu' duncle! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dunklev. Scottish. Now rare. transitive. To make a depression or indentation in (a hard surface) with a blow or by pressure; to dent. Cf. dunkle n.figurative in quot. 1830. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation > make indentation(s) in denta1398 indentc1595 dint1597 dinge1611 indenturec1770 dunkle1822 1822 [implied in: J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xxxiii. 284 We think his harnpan's surely dunklet. (at dunkled at Derivatives)]. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. i. 90 Without very deeply dunkling the truth. 1890 J. Service Thir Notandums 80 The broon square table dunkled wi' the dauds o' mony a chappin' stowp. Derivatives ˈdunkled adj. dented. ΚΠ 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xxxiii. 284 We think his harnpan's surely dunklet. 1846 W. Finlay Poems 190 My hat's grown auld and dunkel'd. 1941 in Sc. National Dict. at Dunkle v. I was searching for an empty oil-drum, but the only one I could get was too badly dunkled to be of any use to me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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