单词 | formel |
释义 | † formelformaln. Obsolete. The female of the eagle or the hawk. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > female formelc1381 haggard1567 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > eagle > female formelc1381 eagless1611 c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 371 To chese or for to take, By hir acord, his formel or his make. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 373 Nature held on hir honde A formel egle. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 4003 I salle neuer..ffawkone ne formaylle appone fiste handille. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xviii. 38 Quhilks vhen they sau they wroght in vane, The formels fair auay they fure. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xliv. 712 Of Merlins there are both males and female..the female is called the formale. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 132 If you will fly with a Merlin at a Partridge, chuse the Formall, which is the female. The Jack is not worth the training. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 239/1 Fore-Male, the term given to all Females of Hawks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). formelv. dialect. transitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > say beforehand or introduce something formela1400 preface1619 preamble1664 proluse1917 the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of > mention beforehand formela1400 forename1490 prenote1570 prenominate1609 foremention1664 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10387 Þe hundrid schepe þat i for-melt To all þe comune war þai delt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10181 Þe toþer part, als was for-melt, It was bi-tuix þe prestes delt. b. dialect. To bespeak. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.) apparelc1314 purveya1382 prevenea1522 bespeak1582 providea1616 forespeak1659 formel1673 to set the stage1937 organize1952 to set up1965 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 18 To Format [sic: read Formal] or Formel: to bespeak anything. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘He formelt a par o' shun wi' stee cokers and girt heedit nails at t' boddam’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.c1381v.a1400 |
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