| 单词 | fig of spain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfig of Spain ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisoned fig ficoa1577 fig1589 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 21 Have you given him an Italian figge? c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 1153 This boy..long he shall not soe, if figs of Spaine..their force retaine. 1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 45 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Tamberlaine..did cause a Fig to be given him, and after his death married his widow. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 233 Some report he was poyson'd with an Italian Fig. 1691 S. Bethel Providences of God 33 He..durst not have disobeyed, for fear of a Dose, or a Fig. fig of Spain A contemptuous gesture which consisted in thrusting the thumb between two of the closed fingers or into the mouth. Also, fig of Spain, and to give (a person) the fig. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > [noun] middle finger1562 fig1579 fico1596 stork's bill1616 snook1791 finger-snap1821 monkey motion1845 to give (a person) the finger1874 finger-click1897 two fingers1971 society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > make derisive gesture at [verb (transitive)] to give (a person) the fig1579 to make horns at1607 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of expressing contempt > by gesture > specific gesture ficoa1577 fig1579 tweak1616 V-sign1948 two fingers1971 Harvey Smith1973 1579 U. Fulwell Art of Flattery ii. C iv/1 For a token I thee sende A dotinge Figge of Spayne. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 57 The figge of Spaine. 1600 ‘Ignoto’ in Englands Helicon sig. Ziv With scowling browes their follies check, and so giue them the Fig. 1891 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy I. xxv. 133 The thief raised his hands with both the figs, crying, ‘Take that God!’ < as lemmas |
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