| 单词 | fairy nip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy nip fairy nip n. historical and rare in later use (usually in plural) a mark or blemish on a person's skin, esp. as thought to have been made by a fairy. ΚΠ 1655 T. Ady Candle in Dark 129 There be also often found in Women with Childe..certain spots black and blew, as if they were pinched or beaten, which some common ignorant people call Fairy-nips. 1672 Acct. given to Catholick Friend of Doctor Stillingfleet's Late Bk. 13 Though he want the wounds, he may have fairy nips, that are as bad. 1859 New Amer. Cycl. VII. 402/1 The ignis fatuus was termed the elf fire, other luminous appearances fairy sparks, moles or other defects on the person fairy nips or elvish marks. 2005 M. Gaskill Witchfinders (2007) (Epilogue) 276 Others had been convicted for having warts, verrucas, swollen tonsils, and ‘fairy-nips’. < as lemmas |
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