单词 | hamble |
释义 | hamblev. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. transitive. To mutilate, maim; to cut short, dock; spec. to cut off the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.Erroneously taken in 17th and 18th centuries as = hamstring v. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] wemc900 slaya1000 alithOE hamblea1050 belimbc1225 dismember1297 lamec1300 maimc1325 shearc1330 unablec1380 emblemishc1384 magglec1425 magc1450 demember1491 disablea1492 manglea1500 menyie?a1513 mayhem1533 mutilatec1570 martyr1592 stump1596 bemaim1605 cripplea1616 martyrize1615 deartuate1623 hamstring1641 becripple1660 limb1674 truncate1727 dislimb1855 a1050 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1036 Sume hi man blende, sume man hamelode. c1204 Laȝamon Brut 11206 He heomelede þa reuen, nalde he mænne bi-lefuen. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 915 (964) Algate a fot is hameled of þy sorwe. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 300 Hosen in harde weder y-hamled by þe ancle. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ll2v/2 Hameling of dogges, or hambling..is all one with the expeditating of dogges. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Hameled, cut off, abated (obs.). 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hammeling Hambling of Dogs, is the same with Expeditating, or Lawing.] 2. intransitive. To walk lame. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > limp haltc825 cripplec1220 hip1440 limp1570 linch1570 claudicate1623 hop1700 crimple1754 hilch1786 crutch1828 hamble1828 dot1843 peg-leg1969 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Hamel, to walk lame. 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. Hamlin, Walking lame. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [adjective] limphalta700 lamec725 haltc893 cripplec1230 alamedc1275 crippleda1400 left-handeda1425 limb-take1519 limp-legged1523 limpish1570 lamish1592 limping1599 spavined1647 hip-shotten1648 hamble-shanked1661 hop-legged1714 cripply1775 bockety1842 estropiated1917 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 51 A club footed, hamble shanck't..Hircocerous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.a1050 |
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