单词 | gove |
释义 | govev. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern and north-west midlands). 1. intransitive. To stare idly or vacantly; to gaze, gape, gawp. Cf. gaw v. 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 c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 82 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 131 Mete & drink vald nocht assay, bot to þe hewine ves govand ay. c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 329 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 435 A-bout hyme fast þan gowit he, gyf he mycht ony þane se. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 48 Apon the galland for to goif it gladit me agane. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1461 in Shorter Poems (1967) 94 Thus in stare quhy standis thou stupefak? Gouand all day. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 32 We pronounce it Gaum and Gauve; and speak it of persons that unhandsomely gaze or look about them. 1728 A. Ramsay 2nd Answer to Somerville 35 Nae mair they'd gaunt and gove away, Or sleep or loiter out the day. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 298 How he star'd an' stammer'd! When goavan 's he'd been led wi' branks..He in the parlour hammer'd. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xiii. 192 The wild beasts of the forest came..And goved around, charmed and amazed. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 150 A tumbler at a fair, Whair thousands round him goave and stare. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 57 Tam's wae face wis a study... He jist steed an' goaved. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 50/1 Gauve,..to stare with the wonder of stupidity. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 152/1 Gove, stare, gaze, especially in a mindless way. 2000 J. Robertson Fanatic 45 Whit's the daft laddie daein goavin up at the jail there? ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold to look to ——eOE showeOE lookeOE lookOE behold971 beseec1000 seeOE to see on ——OE yseeOE yseeOE belookc1175 to look against ——c1225 to lay eyes onc1230 biwaita1250 holde1303 aseea1325 to see upon ——a1350 rewardc1350 to look of ——?c1400 eyea1425 visage1450 aviewa1513 gove1513 regard1523 to look unto ——1545 respect1567 survise1600 aspect1610 reflect1611 inspeculate1694 spectate1709 to look for ——1786 deek1825 lookit1908 lamp1916 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 68 Sic way he wrocht that, quha thair tred lyst gove, Na takynnys suld convoy thaim to his cove. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at To goif, goue, gove, goave, goup To examine, to investigate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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