单词 | fimble |
释义 | fimblen.1 1. The male plant of hemp, producing a weaker and shorter fibre than the carl hemp n. or female plant. Formerly also the fibre of this as prepared for use. Also more fully, fimble hemp. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > hemp plant > male fimble1484 summer hemp1588 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > hemp > types of fimble hemp1484 carl hemp?1523 henequen1555 steel hemp1604 Rusband1633 Riga rhine1639 Russia hemp1663 pass-hemp1742 chucking1785 Manila1826 sisal1827 sisal hemp1828 moorva1855 outshot1858 pass1858 carl doddie1868 outshots1880 1484–6 Churchwardens' Accts. Wigtoft, Lincs. in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 78 Paide for femble, and for makyng that [read thar] of in bell-ropes, 1s. 5d. 1577 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 415 Tenn dosen femle hempe vijl. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 39v The Female or fyrble Hempe. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 277 Gather the Fimble, or earliest Hemp and Flax. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 118 The light Summer-hemp, that bears no Seed, is called Fimble hemp. 1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at Cannabis The Fimble-Hemp..is the Male Plants. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 48 The fimble, or female hemp, was applied to..domestic purposes. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. The carl or male hemp was used for ropes, sackcloth, and other coarse manufactures; the fimble, or female hemp, was applied to..domestic purposes. 2. attributive. ΚΠ a1519 Inventory in Gentleman's Mag. Apr. (1864) 501 Ij payr of ffembull Shetts, ijs viijd. 1548–9 Will of Alice Peyrson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/32) f. 191v A payre of shettes a lynnyne & a Femble. 1622–3 Inventory in H. Best Rural Econ. in Yorks. (1857) 162 (note) Three [pound] of femble harne, 4s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † fimblen.2 Obsolete. Apparently a ring for fastening a gate. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hook crotchetc1430 holdfast1575 fimble1597 hooklet1836 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > hinges, hooks, etc. crookc1290 resta1522 vardle1525 thimble1550 fimble1597 vartiwell1763 1597 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons App. p. xxxviii For a hoke and fimble for Great Norrells gate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † fimblev. Obsolete exc. dialect. a. intransitive. To move the fingers lightly and frequently over anything. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > touch lightly > touch lightly and frequently fimble1647 1583 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 6 She is much fimbling about the Stone on her breast. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. lxxxiii When he the black silk rope soft fimbling felt. b. transitive. To touch lightly and frequently with the ends of the fingers. See also quot. a1825. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch lightly > and frequently fimblea1825 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Fimble, to pass through without cutting. Ex. ‘My scythe fimble the grass.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11484n.21597v.1583 |
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