单词 | gillie |
释义 | † gillien.1 Obsolete (Scottish in later use). A fickle, flirtatious, or wanton young woman. Cf. jill n. 1b, jillet n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person > female gig?c1225 gigleta1340 halok?1507 fizgiga1529 gilliea1529 flirt1562 peat1566 sluta1592 gillian flirt1593 giggle1611 filly1616 jill-flirt1627 flibbertigibbet1640 flirtigig1683 flip-flap1702 gamine1848 kitten1870 sillypop1894 frippet1908 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female > mare mareeOE jilletc1430 jilla1500 yaud?a1513 gilliea1529 widge?1553 a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 390 Of folys fylly That had a fole wyth wylly, With Iast you, and gup, gylly. a1700 J. Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads (1844) 14 Sae shee's nae gilter jilly. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. iv. 54 ‘I wad ride fifty miles to see ony ane of the bonny dames’..‘Twa wanton glaikit gillies, I'll uphaud’, said Pate. 1829 in R. Chambers Sc. Songs I. 159 You'll fash na your head wi' a youthfu' gilly, As wild and as skeigh as a muirland filly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † gillien.2 Scottish. Obsolete. A gill of liquor; a vessel holding a gill. ΚΠ 1747 Caledonian Mercury July 14 All Sizes of Wine and Ale Decanters, Cruits, Tumblers, Jugs, Jilley, Salts, Salvers. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 233 Owre a pint or gillie. 1809 A. Stewart Poems 6 I coft a drap o' Norland blue And down craig's close twa toothfu's threw Frae maister gillie. 1888 in J. S. Skinner Logie Coll. 95 She brought a gillie and a glass, And slyly named the figure, O! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1a1529n.21747 |
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