单词 | greedy glede |
释义 | > as lemmasgreedy glede greedy glede n. dialect a kite; also the name of a children's game (Jamieson). ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 205 As gredy gleddis ȝe gang With polkis to mylne, and beggis baith meill and schilling. a1568 Wyf of Auchtermuchty 51 By thair cumis the gredy gled, And likkit vp five [gaislingis]. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 10 At greedy-glad, or warpling o' the green, She 'clipst them a'. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 282 Kite,... Provincial... Greedy Glead. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 137 Greedy gled. < as lemmas |
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