单词 | glower |
释义 | glowern. Chiefly Scottish. The action of glowering; a fixed and intent look; an open-eyed gaze or stare. Also, a glower of (something). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > stare or gaze stare1553 gaze1566 goggle1651 gloze1654 gape1660 glower1715 dead set1781 death stare1818 death glare1819 eyeful1847 gape-seed1852 1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 22 Every Glour they give would fright a Coward. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 199 When Phœbus gies a short-liv'd glow'r, Far south the lift. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 298 To shew Sir Bardie's willyart glowr. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 772 Let me hae anither glower o' my galloping goddess. 1858 J. Brown Rab in Horæ subsecivæ 1st Ser. 306 James..gave him [the mastiff] a glower from time to time, and an intimation of a possible kick. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). glowerv. 1. intransitive. Scottish. To stare with wide-open eyes; to gaze intently or with an air of surprise. Also to glower at, over. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > stare or gaze stareOE gawc1175 darea1225 porec1300 muse1340 glowc1374 gogglec1380 gazec1386 glore?a1400 glopc1400 govec1480 glower?a1513 gowk1513 daze1523 amuse1532 glew1587 to feed one's eyes1590 to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed1598 to shoot one's eyes1602 glazea1616 stargaze1639 gaum1691 to stare like a stuck pig1702 ygaze1737 gawk1785 to feed one's sight1813 gloze1853 glow1856 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 111 On gallow treis Now he dois glowir. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 106 As ane gaist I glour and grane. I trymble sa, ȝe will not trow. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 136 He glowris, euin as he war agast, Or fleyit of ane gaist. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 329 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 270 He granit, and he glowrit As he wer woid. a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 399 Some glowring to the ground; some grieuouslie gaipe. 1711 A. Ramsay Elegy Maggy Johnstoun 32 Fou closs we us'd to drink and rant Until we did baith glow'r and gaunt. 1724 A. Ramsay Katy's Answer in Tea-table Misc. i My mither's ay glowran o'er me Tho' she did the same before me. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i. Song i Upon a dyke I lean'd, glowring about. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair ii, in Poems 41 As lightsomely I glowr'd abroad, To see a scene sae gay. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 247 I never ask what brings the Laird of Dumbiedikes glowering here like a wull-cat. 1869 C. Gibbon Robin Gray ix ‘What are ye glowering at, laddie’, said his mother. 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xiv Why do you glower at me like that. 2. To look angrily or crossly; to scowl. Also dialect of the weather: To be gloomy.This sense is perhaps partly due to misapprehension of the meaning of glower in Scottish writers, but may also be based on the English dialect use, which appears to be genuine. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (intransitive)] > frown or scowl lourc1290 scowl1340 frownc1386 glouta1400 gloomc1400 gluma1500 lump1577 to knit, bend one's brows1600 caperate1623 glower1775 1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 4 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 86 ‘But’, added he drily, ‘I did not. Well, Bell, what do you glow'r at?’ 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian i. 7 The baron..glowered about him with an expression of countenance that showed he was mortally wroth with somebody. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxxxviii The M'Nab and the Englishman.. sat glowering at each other like twa tigers. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers (1861) 315 Mr. Slope saw it, and glowered with jealousy. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xv. 292 Don't sit glowering as if you had swallowed a furze bush. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Jan. 2/1 They had nothing to show but..Europe glowering upon us with hate. 1886 Chester Gloss. Glour or Glower, to have a cross look. ‘When the clouds threaten bad weather we call them glowering.’ W. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 102 Glowres, is dull or lowering. Derivatives ˈglowering n. ΚΠ 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 501 A' thae things..justifies the leddies to a certain extent, o' their glowerin'. ˈglowerer n. one who glowers, an idle gazer. ΚΠ 1715 J. Clerk Mem. (1895) 86 He called to a friend..next his bed, that if hee pleased the Glourers might come in, meaning the Gasers, and such who rather out of curiosity than sympathy..attend the sick till their breath go out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1715v.?a1513 |
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