单词 | harn |
释义 | harnn.1 Obsolete exc. Scottish. Brain; brains. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] brainOE harna1154 member mandant1543 pia mater1592 encephalos1708 encephalon1741 sensorium1760 box1908 a1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1137 Me dide cnotted strenges abuton here hæued and uurythen to ðæt it gæde to þe hærnes. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1808 Was non of hem that his hernes Ne lay ther ute ageyn the sternes. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5032 Þe harnes lay vpp on þe stone. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 237/2 Hernys, or brayne (S. harneys), cerebrum. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 56 He the hed till harnys claf. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 2085 in Shorter Poems (1967) 128 My harnys [1579 Edinb. harnis] trymlyt bissyly. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ciiv/2 Harne, cerebrum. 1672 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 187 She did take the ax and knocked her husbands harnes out. 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iv. 113 And make the hairns of these malignants a hodge podge. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Harns, brains. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge iv. 58 My harns are strangely confused. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xliv. 375 In ten minutes, that wife's a weedow, an' gatherin' up her man's harns in a napkin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). harnadj.n.2 A. adj. = harden adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > made from tow or hards harden1468 harn1571 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxix. 17 On sonday his garmont wes of ane harne sek. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 79 A wide setten harn apron. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 22 As coarse as Nancie's harn sark,—three threads out of the pound. B. n.2 = harden n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > made from tow or hards hardenc1430 harn1622 inderkins1696 tow cloth1706 1622–3 Inventory in H. Best Rural Econ. in Yorks. (1857) 162 (note) Six pound and a half of harden harne and three of femble harne, 4s. 1651 Carlisle Court Leet Rolls in R. S. Ferguson & W. Nanson Munic. Rec. Carlisle (1887) 292 For buying lincloth harne and yarne before the markett bell ring. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 171 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 236 (Jam.) Weavers who..manufacture..what they call Harn, and coarse packing cloth. 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 42 Coarse fabrics, provincially called tweels, harns, and straikens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1a1154adj.n.21571 |
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