单词 | hirst |
释义 | † hirstn. Scottish. Obsolete. A threshold; or perhaps, in early use, a hinge. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hinge hinglec1325 gemew1396 charnel1488 hirst1513 gimmerc1520 vardle1525 gemel1536 hinge1562 gimmal1605 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > threshold or door-step thresholdeOE hirst1513 groundsel1523 treadsole1543 door-sill1570 sill1600 step-stone1605 doorstep1810 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vii. 57 The brasin durris iargis on the marble hirst. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xi. 33 Wythin that girgand hirst [L. stridentia limina] also suld he Pronunce the new weyrs, battale, and melle. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. ix. 87 Thai wareit portis, jargand on the hirst [L. stridentes cardine] Warpit wp braid. 1819 Hogg Lenachan's Farew. ii, in Jacob. Songs (1887) 227 But if serf or Saxon came, He crossed Murich's hirst nae mair.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1513 |
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