单词 | duntle |
释义 | duntlev. Now rare. 1. transitive and intransitive. Scottish (Angus). With down. To pay (a forfeit) in a game played with a teetotum (teetotum n.1). Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Angus in 1941.Perhaps exemplifying a more general sense ‘to set something down heavily or abruptly’ in a specific context; compare the semantic development of plunk v.1 (esp. senses 2 and 4). ΚΠ 1824 J. Bowick Characters 108 An' Christmas preens, sae clear and sma', The stake lay roun',—The tottum span—T. tak' them a', D. duntle down. c1916 in Sc. National Dict. at Duntle v. The totum had four sides. marked with D, T, N, and either H or A. D = duntle een = throw down or shell out one penny, bawbee, or lucifer match. a. transitive. To knock or drive (something) into something else. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] swingc725 slayc825 knockc1000 platOE swengea1225 swipa1225 kill?c1225 girdc1275 hitc1275 befta1300 anhitc1300 frapa1330 lushc1330 reddec1330 takec1330 popc1390 swapa1400 jod?14.. quella1425 suffetc1440 smith1451 nolpc1540 bedunch1567 percuss1575 noba1586 affrap1590 cuff?1611 doda1661 buffa1796 pug1802 nob1811 scud1814 bunt1825 belt1838 duntle1850 punt1886 plunk1888 potch1892 to stick one on1910 clunk1943 zonk1950 1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxx, in New Monthly Mag. Jan. 103 It was between these places that I got my head duntled into my hat. b. transitive. With in. To mark (something) with indentations; to dent with a blow or impact. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. Introd. p. xii His cap is duntled in: his back bears fresh stains of peat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1824 |
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