单词 | feer |
释义 | feern.1 Only Middle English and Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] cheapc1025 lofa1200 feer?c1225 pricea1382 apricec1460 tag1968 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 292 Sete feor oþiluue. a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 287 Ȝif þat i mi luue bede for to selle and setle feor þer upon swa hehe swa ich eauer wile. c1320 Cast. Love 1091 Ȝif þou wilt him bugge to his feore. 2. Scottish. See quot. 18.. and fiars n. ΚΠ 18.. J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Fier, Feer, a standard of any kind. Yarn is said to be spun by, i.e. beyond, the fier, when it is drawn smaller than the proper thickness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † feern.2 Obsolete. rare. One who fees or gives a fee to another. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > hirer of labour feer1583 padrone1747 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F1 They are..in fee with the Drapers and Clothsellers, that if a man come to them to desire them to helpe them to buy a peece of cloth..they will straightway conduct them to their feer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). feern.3 Mining. One who fees or loads up the coal. ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Feer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † feerfereadj. Obsolete. rare. Bold, fierce; proud. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > spirited pride > [adjective] feerc1380 great-willya1382 great-hearteda1398 high-stomached1546 lion-mettleda1616 well-crested1642 the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > keenness > [adjective] whata1000 keenlyc1275 feerc1380 sternful?a1400 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 329 A knyȝt ful feer. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 414 Roland ys..so coraious & so fere. c1450 Guy Warw. (C.) 1428 He was a bolde man and a fere. c1480 (a1400) St. Euphemia 141 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 421 Þe Jug, fel & fere. c1480 (a1400) St. Thecla 217 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 438 Syne come a lyone fel & fere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). feerv. ‘To mark off the breadth of every ridge (of land) for ploughing, by drawing a furrow on each side of the space allotted for it’ (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > mark off for or by ploughing feerc1400 strike1707 c1400 in W. G. Henderson Manuale & Processionale Ecclesiæ Eboracensis (1875) 224* Yee shale praye for all lande tilland and lee ferand. 1862 J. Wilson Farming vi. 206 This operation—called in Scotland feiring the land—is usually entrusted to the most skilful ploughman on each farm. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) To feer land, is to set it out as it is intended to be ploughed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1?c1225n.21583n.31883adj.c1380v.c1400 |
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