单词 | enseam |
释义 | † enseamn. Obsolete. That which is enseamed or cleansed away; superfluous fat; scourings. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > condition of hawk enseam1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans B j a Ensayme of an hawke is the grece. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † enseamv.1 Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To cleanse (a hawk, later also a horse) of superfluous fat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > other hawking procedures enseamc1450 imp1477 rebuke1486 feat1508 mewc1515 canvas1559 cope1575 mail1575 man1575 watchc1575 to imp the wings of1596 pepper1618 stone1618 brail1643 feak1686 hack1873 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > cleanse of fat enseam1598 c1450 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 308 Withdrawe his mete in the mewe sevennyghe and wasch it eche tyme, and sumtyme with vinegre til he be enceymyd. 1486 Bk. St. Albans B j a It is tyme for to fede hir with wash mete and to begynne to ensayme hire. a1528 J. Skelton Ware the Hauke 78 She was not clene ensaymed. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 115 How you shall enseame a Hawke, or giue her castings, skourings [etc.]. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To enseame a horse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ensemer, to inseam; unfatten. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 55 Till you have enseamed him [your hunting horse], hardned his flesh, taken away his inward grease. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xviii. 340 If you bee in the way of ensayning your Horse. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 124 Draw our falcon..twenty days before we enseam her. b. (See quot. 1611: perhaps only a misapprehension.) ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Affener, to feed or inseame with hay; to stall-feed. 2. intransitive for reflexive of the hawk: To become clear of superfluous fat, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (intransitive)] > other actions tirec1220 beak1486 enseam1486 traverse1486 bind1575 crab1575 gleam1575 accost1596 canceleera1640 to wait on1773 to throw up1881 1486 Bk. St. Albans B iij a As she ensaymeth hir fete will wax yolow and smothe. 1614 S. Latham Falconry i. xiv. 62 Reasonable time..that she may inseame inwardly, and outwardly togeather. Derivatives enˈseaming n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > hawking procedures casting1388 to come to reclaima1398 rebukingc1400 plumage?a1450 enseamingc1575 imping1575 mewing1575 weathering1575 manning1580 lure1614 carry1618 coping1855 seeling1859 c1575 Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) 15 Ensayming is to take her gresynes and foulnes awaye. 1614 S. Latham Falconry i. xiii. 45 No one of the other sort of hawks is in a quarter of that danger in their inseaming that she is in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † enseamv.2 Obsolete. transitive. To load with grease.The French word is now used only in sense ‘to grease (cloth)’, whence perhaps the figurative use in Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (transitive)] > fat or plump farce14.. alarda1425 plum1561 enseam1562 lard1579 engross1587 impinguate1620 to put on1626 rotund1650 pinguedinize1656 bloat1677 to take ona1750 round1830 pinguefy1893 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 57 Hee is not enseamed with much fatnesse, but is all of muscles and senues. Derivatives enˈseamed adj. figurative ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy fatc1000 fattya1398 tallowyc1440 seamya1529 tallowish1552 smeary1582 fattish1589 greasy1592 pinguedinous1599 enseamed1604 pingui-substance1621 pinguid1635 axungious1658 pinguious1705 sevous1726 suety1730 sebaceous1783 pinguitudinous1827 crassy1858 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 82 In the ranck sweat of an inseemed bed. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). enseamv.3ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > sew together > enclose in besewa1375 sewa1375 quilt1562 to stitch up1590 enseam1605 to sew up1611 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 27 [A jewel] which one stale away and enseamed it in his thigh. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 49 Iupiter halted when Bacchus was enseamed in his thigh. 2. To mark as with a seam. Cf. seam v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [verb (transitive)] > scar scar1555 enseama1625 scarify1687 cicatrize1708 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffffffff2v/1 Take him dead drunk now without repentance, His leacherie inseam'd upon him. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 544 Deep o'er his knee inseam'd, remain'd the scar. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 79 Gray men enseamed with many a scar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † enseamv.4 Obsolete. rare. transitive. ? To bring together. a. To include or contain together. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L3v And bounteous Trent, that in him selfe enseames Both thirty sorts of fish, and thirty sundry streames. View more context for this quotation b. To introduce to company. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > introduce enseam1607 to introduce into the acquaintance of1659 produce1686 run1897 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois i. 9 Beaupres, come I'le enseame thee; Ladies..I haue heere a friend, that I would gladlie enter in your Graces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1486v.1c1450v.21562v.31605v.41596 |
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