单词 | hand-fed |
释义 | hand-fedadj. Esp. of an animal: fed by hand. Cf. by hand at hand n. Phrases 1b(a). ΚΠ c1450 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Rawl.) (1869) B. xv. l. 464 By þe hande-fedde foules his folk vnderstonde. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 53 They could not play at Byas Bowls, With that dexterity and slight That men thought hand fed Irish might. 1817 Sporting Mag. Mar. 262/1 His dog, handfed, and in perfect condition, after a long rest during its master's absence abroad, slept each night on his pillow. 1897 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 103 396 It is thus easy to understand how the hand-fed infant so frequently falls a victim to summer diarrhœa. 1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 5 Saucepans of milk..to feed the ‘poddies’, as hand-fed calves and lambs are called. 1994 Focus on Summer Fun 11/1 (advt.) Your source for complete pet supplies. Handfed baby parrots in stock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450 |
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