单词 | flacket |
释义 | flacketn.1 Obsolete exc. dialect. A flask, bottle, or vessel; now applied in dialect use to a barrel-shaped vessel for holding liquor. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] costret1313 flacketc1320 costrelc1380 ampullaa1398 flagon1470 costard1503 c1320 Sir Beues 1298 Bred & flesc out of his male And of his flaketes win & ale. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1893 Þe flagetes he let falle. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 171 A flakett ful of manis blood. 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 490 My master payd fore a flaket of sylver, xx. s. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Sam. xvi. 20 Isai toke an asse laden with breed, and a flacket of wyne. 1673 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 196 She gott a flackett of ale. 1753 W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. i. iii. 37 Two Flackets of eight pounds weight. 1936 W. James Gangways & Corridors v. 51 A verse my grandfather used to repeat to me..When I was a boy No bigger than a flacket Half a yard of flannel Would make me a jacket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † flacketn.2 Obsolete. rare. A bunch (of hair). Cf. flaggat n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > [noun] > tuft or ridge of nosegayc1500 tusk1530 feathera1533 tussock1550 tush1570 flacket1589 tuz1693 coxcomb1843 comb1869 1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 82 Six goodly young Ladies..had vpon their heades caps of Goldsmiths worke, hauing great flackets of heare, hanging out on each side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). flacketv. dialect and U.S. intransitive. To flap about. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > be licentious [verb (intransitive)] proudc1330 flacket1823 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flap loosely wapc1400 flaffa1522 flap1529 flip-flap1599 flop1602 flasker1689 wamfle1808 wallop1822 flacket1823 flapper1835 swap1884 slat1889 faffle1951 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words (at cited word) Womens ribbons or loose geer are said to ‘Flacket about’. It is more expressive than flap..A dressy loose woman would have the former word figuratively applied to her ‘She'll go flacketen about’. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood v. 45 You go flacketting out, bareheaded, into the streets, after a topping jade like that. 1885 J. Spilling Daisy Dimple ix. 72 I see her go past flackerting with him last night. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1c1320n.21589v.1823 |
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