单词 | dudgeon-hafted |
释义 | > as lemmasdudgeon-hafted Parasynthetic (in sense A. 1), as dudgeon-hafted, dudgeon-hilted adjs. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1225 Turners and Cutlers..do call this woode [sc. boxwood] dudgeon, wherewith they make dudgeon hafted daggers. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 108 [I] bought in Edinburgh..a dudgeon-hafted dagger, and knives, gilt. 1904 Archæologia Æliana 25 86 Halliwell remarks that the root of box frequently provided handles for daggers. Hence dudgeon-hafted-daggers. 2011 T. Capwell Illustr. Directory Knives, Daggers & Bayonets 62 English or Scottish dudgeon hilted dirk. The hilt is made of dudgeon, or boxwood root. < as lemmas |
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