单词 | franklin |
释义 | franklinn.1ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > freeman or not slave freeeOE freemanOE franklin1377 free-soiler1848 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 39 And þo þat bicome crysten, by conseille of þe baptiste, Aren frankeleynes, fre men. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5374 First he was here als our thain Bot now es he for ai franckelain. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 177/1 Frankeleyne, libertinus. 2. A freeholder; in 14–15th centuries the designation of a class of landowners, of free but not noble birth, and ranking next below the gentry. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by freehold > types of franklin1297 feoffor1426 frank-tenementary1488 liferenter1535 feoffee1542 purlieu man1573 charterer?1592 fiar1597 swaina1610 life tenant1623 life holder1776 fief-holder1864 common holder1987 a1300 Vit. Har. Reg. (1885) 34 A duobus ut fertur mediocribus viris quos francalanos sive agricolas voccant agnitus. 1200 Rotuli Chartarum 43/1 Unam carrucatam terrae apud Hamerwich cum villanis et franchelano. 1200 Rotuli Chartarum 82/1 Omnia feuda militum et franccolanorum qui tenent de eodem monasterio.] 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 36 Wel may a symple Francoleyn in mysese hym so bringe Of lutel lond, wan þen fel such of a kyng. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 239 No oþer lorde stoute, ne fraunkeleyn of toun, Tille holy kirke salle gyue tenement. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 216 Ful wel biloued and famylier was hee With Frankeleyns ouer al in his contree. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1071 Marchaundes & Franklonz worshipfulle & honorable..may be set semely at a squyers table. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. g viiv One or two ryche francklyngis, Occupyinge a dosen mens lyvyngis. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. I5v Entred in a spatious court they see..Where them does meete a francklin faire and free. 1618–29 App. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 17 To make..Francklines, and rich Farmers, Esquires, to precede them, would yield your Majesty also a great sum of money in present. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxv. 241 The Francklins Bread of England is counted most nourishing. 1659 J. Howell To Knowingest Kind of Philologers in Proverbs sig. a4v, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Proverbs may be called the truest Franklins or Freeholders of a Countrey. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. v. 60 His dress was that of a substantial franklin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] vianderc1330 meat giverc1400 housekeeper1538 franklin1577 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iv. f. 18/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I To purchase ye name of a sumptuous francklene or a good viander. 1727 W. Somerville Officious Messenger 72 No Franklin carving of a Chine At Christide, ever look'd so fine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Franklinn.2ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > conduction to earth > [noun] > lightning conductor conductor1761 Franklin1818 counterpoise1930 1818 J. Palmer Jrnl. Trav. U.S. 104 Franklins, or conductors, are a certain safe-guard, and generally used. a1862 S. Breck Recoll. (1877) ii. 71 Our professor of natural philosophy was desirous to erect on the old lofty tower..a lightning-rod, very properly called at that time a ‘Franklin’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 30/1 He [sc. Benjamin Franklin] planned the lightning-rod (long known as ‘Franklin's rod’), which he described and recommended to the public in 1753. 2. a. North American. Franklin stove, a kind of iron fireplace invented by Franklin; also, a free-standing stove for heating a room. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 1787 Massachusetts Centinel 3 Nov. 3/3 An assortment of Franklin stoves. 1797 Upper Canada Gaz. (York) 4 Nov. 3/3 For Sale—A Franklin Stove Complete. 1818 J. Palmer Jrnl. Trav. U.S. 15 In the best room some have an iron fireplace..called a Franklin; these look very neat, and will much sooner heat a room than the open fire-place. 1841 Congr. Globe Aug. App. 452/3 The booby..was told that the Franklin stove would save half the wood. 1881 W. D. Howells Mod. Instance xii. 154 The landlord had kindled a fire on the hearth of the Franklin stove in his parlor. 1897 B. F. Taylor Summer-savory x. 95 Within the wide door was the bar-room, with a great hospitable Franklin. 1949 Los Angeles Times 3 Apr. (Home Mag.) 20/2 In the living room, an old Franklin stove substitutes for a fireplace. 1954 C. Bruce Channel Shore 28 Anse..threw a cigarette butt at the Franklin stove. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 13/1 A small Franklin stove..and a number of Canadian antiques add charm. b. elliptical. = Franklin stove. ΚΠ 1867 J. R. Lowell Fitz Adam's Story 288 And bushed asparagus in fading green Added its shiver to the franklin clean. 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