单词 | foison |
释义 | foisonn. 1. a. Plenty, abundance, a plentiful supply; a great quantity or number (of persons or things). archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance plentya1250 foison13.. abundance1340 copyc1375 fultha1400 plentya1425 murth?a1450 store1471 sonsea1500 banquet?1507 fouth1535 choice1584 horn of plenty (also abundancec1595 wealth1596 cornucopia1611 rifea1614 copia1713 bumper1759 beaucoup1760 lashings1829 plethora1835 any amount (of)1848 in galore1848 opulence1878 binder1881 lushing1890 13.. K. Alis. 1030 Alle the innes of the town Haddyn litel foisoun. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5808 Gode shal ȝyue þe hys blessyng And foysyn yn alle þyng. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 482 Fyres in gret foysoune [1489 Adv. foysoun] thai maid. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxix. 163 They muste haue grete foyson of arowes with brode hedes. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. D.viv The greater foyson of fat that there is betwene the .ii. skins, the lesse be ye vaynes. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 217 Of al deyntes plente and foyson. 1810 C. Lamb Farewell to Tobacco Africa, that brags her foison, Breeds no such prodigious poison. 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics in Poems (1890) III. 70 He has a perennial foison of sappiness. b. Plentiful crop or harvest. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest > good harvest or crop foison1587 mast year1743 masting1760 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 638 If it [sc. the grain] spring not vp, it yeldeth no foyson. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 110 Earths increase, foyzon plentie, Barnes, and Garners, neuer empty. View more context for this quotation 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. x. 330 We anticipate the foison of an unknown husbandry. c. quasi-adv. In abundance. So Old French foison. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] enoughOE roomOE largely?c1225 rifec1225 foison13.. rivedlyc1300 plenteously1340 plentily1340 fulsomelya1375 abundantlya1382 plenteousc1390 aboundinglyc1400 plentifullyc1400 copiously1447 abundanta1450 amply1454 substantiously1507 fatly?1521 largea1522 plentiful1563 heartily?1577 locupletely1599 redundantly1615 mainly1618 showeringly1621 rifely1648 profusively1650 galore1675 prolifically1735 wholesale1762 copious1791 aplenty1830 plenty1842 swimming1887 13.. K. Alis. 1012 Heo..was deliverid liversoon, Skarschliche and nought foisoun [MS. Laud 622 nouȝth a foyson]. 2. a. Inherent vigour or vitality; power, strength, capacity. plural. Resources. Now chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > strong or powerful craftOE strengthOE powerc1300 forcec1340 foisona1400 ability?1473 potence1483 potencya1500 valency1623 potentiality1627 potentialness1668 muscularity1871 firepower1945 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > supplies warnestorea1300 astorec1330 chevisancec1385 weala1400 supply1510 supply1512 furniture1549 furnishments1559 loana1578 suppeditaments1599 foisona1616 store1636 wanigan1889 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources facultya1382 myance?a1513 moyen1547 facility1555 means1560 resource1611 foisona1616 wherewith1674 asset1677 stock-in-tradea1806 wherewithal1809 possibles1823 bag of tricks1841 potential1941 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8516 Gains him his fas had na fusun. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13499 He bliscid siþen þe fisses tuine, And sett his fuisum þaim widine. ?a1400 Arthur 476 He, for alle hys grete Renoun, Aȝenst Arthour hadde no fusoun. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 2021 I wyll gyue kynge Iohan thys poyson, So makynge hym sure that he shall neuer haue foyson. a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1866) II. 114 Such a foison hath your alms that..it increases, like the widows meal. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 89 Scotland hath Foysons, to fill vp your will Of your meere Owne. View more context for this quotation 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Foison 2, Pith, ability; used to express..bodily strength. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. ‘He has nae foison in him’; he has no understanding, or mental energy. Loth. b. Nourishing power; hence, nourishment, literal and figurative. Now dialect and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > nourishing food > nourishing quality foisonc1430 restorative1528 nourishment1555 alimentariness1727 nutritiousness1727 nutritiveness1727 c1430 J. Lydgate in Lay Folks Mass-bk. (1879) Notes 368 Quat man here messe or he dyne..Hys mete xal han þe more fysoun. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. B 3 b Them two are poyson to men though foison to birdes. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse v. F 1 a Like the foieson or oile of the lampe, wherewith it continewes burning. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xii. K 4 a The foison of our best phantasies. 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare v. 41 The Liturgie..is but dry meat, and hath no foison in it. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 66 Foison or Fizon, the natural juice or moisture of the Grass or other herbs. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Suppl. Foison or Fizon. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) There is no foison in this hay. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘Ye'll tak a' the fizzen out o't [meat]’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). foisonv. Obsolete exc. archaic. transitive. a. To supply plentifully. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > fully or plentifully foison1393 replenish1526 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 341 Where all good him was foisoned. b. To nourish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] afeedeOE foddereOE feedc950 fosterc1175 fooda1225 nourishc1300 nurshc1325 nourishc1384 abechea1393 relievec1425 norrya1450 nurturea1450 pasturec1450 foisonc1485 bield1488 aliment1490 repast1494 nutrifya1500 repatera1522 battle1548 forage1552 nurse1591 substantiate1592 refeed1615 alumnate1656 focillate1656 c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 513 Yt fedyth and foysonnes. 1891 E. Arnold Light of World 190 Earth To fill and foison with His Father's will. 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