单词 | forblow |
释义 | † forblowv. Obsolete. transitive. a. To blow about or away. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > of natural forces > of wind forblowc893 bewave1513 waft1653 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. iv. §5 Com an wind, ond forbleow hie ut on sæ. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 160 The ship..is forstormed and forblowe. b. To blow out, inflate. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > inflate forblow1413 puffc1460 inflate1528 huff1601 sufflate1616 plima1691 balloon1784 bloat1815 gas1919 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 240 Gif mon sie forblawen. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. ii. 50 A grete bely ful of wynd forbolned and forblowen. DerivativesThesaurus » forˈblown adj. forˈblowing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective] > swelling or inflating bolninga1400 forblowing14.. volowyngec1450 14.. J. Lydgate Life Our Lady xviii. (1484) C vj With your forblowe blowying vanyte. [MS. Ashm. 39 f. 28 b, has;—youre for~blowynge vanite.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.c893 |
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