单词 | gnip |
释义 | † gnipv. Scottish. Obsolete. transitive. To nip, bite. Of a horse: To champ (the bit). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > champ the bit gnipc1425 champ1577 fret1835 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. iv. 605 Syne in his body gnyp and gnaw. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 64 Heir..I saw..four horsis quhite as snaw Gnyppand gersis the large feildis on raw. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 11 Hir fers steid stude..Rungeand [v.r. gnyppand] the fomy goldin bitt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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