单词 | freck |
释义 | freckn. rare. = freckle n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle puncta1398 pointa1400 masclec1400 specklec1440 pecklec1450 sprinkle1481 spreckle1513 frecklea1549 spruttle1553 dot1596 punctum1653 pip1676 spark1686 punctal1694 mail1727 punctule1785 puncta1858 freck1866 guttula1887 1866 Intellectual Observer No. 53. 349 Burnt-umber spots and frecks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). freckfrackadj. Obsolete exc. Scottish. 1. a. Desirous, eager, prompt, quick, ready. Const. genitive. (Old English only) to with n. or v. in infinitive. to make freck: to make ready. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager yevereOE frecka1000 cofc1000 fousOE sharpc1000 anguishous?c1225 eager?a1300 hardya1387 hetera1400 yeverousa1400 belivea1450 forthward1488 yapc1500 ertand1508 tite?a1540 high1649 fell1667 forwardeda1674 agog1683 enthusiastic1777 empressé1878 rearing1904 press-on1948 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] buskc1330 agraith1340 to make readya1382 arraya1387 providec1425 prepare1517 addressa1522 apparel1523 bouna1525 buckle1563 to make frecka1572 fettle?c1600 fix1716 to set into ——1825 to show foot1825 ready1878 to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883 prep1900 to get (oneself) organized1926 to sharpen one's pencil1957 a1000 Boeth. Metr. viii. 15 Hwæt hi firenlusta frece ne wæron. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4696 To heo eoden alle afoten. & swiðe freche [c1300 Otho frech] weoren. 1352 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 68 Doghty men..That war ful frek to fight. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5198 To bidd hast now es nan sa frek. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4441 He was freke his name to frayne. 1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline (1621) Pref. sig. A2 Frack to preach the Gospell in Scotland, as in another Antiochia. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 104 The merchantis maid frack to saill. 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. vii. 225 You know whether I am so frack as the serving-man spoke him. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 119 Hae ye your man by acht o'clock, A' frack and furnish't for the shock. b. In bad sense: Greedy, gluttonous; also, keen for mischief. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > specifically of persons freckc950 mischievousc1438 mischiefful1541 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > gluttonous freckc950 egernec1200 gluttonous1340 glutterous1382 lecherous1480 pampereda1529 glutton1532 draffsacked1548 gourmand1557 pampering1562 guttish1567 ingluvious1569 belly-fed1574 lurching1577 gulling1579 lickerous-mouthed1579 gully-gut1582 gormandizing1596 belly-devout1599 guttling1633 helluous1641 gulous1657 belly-proud1675 gut-led1682 gulligutted1694 poke pudding1705 ungodly1746 ventripotent1823 ventripotential1824 guttlesome1861 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xi. 19 Heonu monn fric. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 103 Fox is ec anfrech beast & fretewil wið alle. c1275 Old Eng. Misc. 75 Ac sathanas þe frecche Þe saule wule drecche, Hwanne he agult habbeþ. 2. Lusty, strong, vigorous. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fresh or vigorous vigorousc1330 frikea1400 freck?a1513 flourishing?1555 flush1604 caller1754 yauld1787 strengthful1830 beany1852 pithsome1864 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 233 On all the flwre thair was nan frackar. 1569 in Napier Mem. (1793) 127 Thou art the frackest felow amang them. 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. vii. 221 Unlikely men to slay one of the frackest youths in Scotland of his years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † freckfrackv.1 Scottish. Obsolete. intransitive. To move swiftly or nimbly. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > speedily rakeOE rekec1275 raikc1390 richc1400 freck1513 to hie it1620 whidc1730 scoot1758 spank1807 kilt1816 nip1825 slip1864 breeze1907 bomb1966 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. i. 62 As the Troianis frakkis our the fluide. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iv. 101. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019). freckv.2 transitive. To mark with spots or freckles; to dapple. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)] > speckle powderc1380 besprenga1425 prick1530 sprinkle1551 peckle1570 speckle1570 speck1580 pepper?1605 pounce1610 freckle1613 freck1621 stipplea1774 punctuate1777 dot1784 puncture1848 bespeckle1860 prickle1888 tick1910 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 57 There shee a bloodlesse Statue sate, all freckt. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 3 Eve put on her sweetest shroud..Freck'd with white and purple cloud. 1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 25 The painted windows, frecking [1877: freaking] gloom with glow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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