单词 | hempy |
释义 | hempyadj.n. A. adj. 1. Made of, like, or of the nature of hemp; hempen; having or producing hemp. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [adjective] > made of hemp hempena1398 hempa1400 cannabine?a1425 hempyc1440 hempling1492 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of hemp hempena1398 hempyc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 235/2 Hempyne, or hempy.., canabeus. 1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 10v Such [euill ayre] as commeth of Hempy grounds, as in Holland. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chanureux, Hempen, Hempie, of Hempe. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 139 Twixt the rinde and the tree there is a cotton or hempie kind of mosse which they weave for their cloathing. 2. Scottish and northern. Worthy of the hangman's halter; usually jocular, meaning merely Mischievous, giddy, often in scrapes. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective] > and worthy of hanging gallowsc1425 rope-ripe1552 hangworthya1586 hempy1801 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] > playfully or mischievously roguish pickled1683 pickle1774 hempy1801 impish1834 natkhat1843 puckish1874 gallows1882 gamine1903 1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 51 I've heard some hair-brain'd hempy Growl whan your chappin bottle's empty. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 288 I was a daft hempie lassie then, and little thought what was to come o't. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Hempy, mischievous—having the qualities likely to suffer by cat o' nine tails, or by the halter. Applied jocularly to giddy young people of both sexes. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 110 Noted as the most ‘hempy’ boy in the..district. B. n. (Usually in form hempie.) One who deserves to be hanged; one for whom hemp grows. Usually jocular: A mischievous giddy boy or girl. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 widdieneck?a1500 widdiefu?a1513 thevis neka1525 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 ropeful1567 gallows-clapper1570 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 crack-hempa1616 roper1615 halter-sick1617 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 hempy1718 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 hang-gallows1785 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > playful or mischievous roguery > young or playful rogue urchinc1525 rascal1601 limb1625 imp1642 pickle1779 impling1780 rip1781 scamp1808 hempy1818 flibbertigibbet1826 tinker1855 faggot1859 skeezicks1908 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 He had gather'd seven or aught Wild Hempys stout and strang. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 263 ‘Where did ye get the book, ye little hempie?’ said Mrs. Butler. 1864 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 181 This hempie of a bird has taken to colonising. 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister (1894) 259 She had been a big-boned ‘hempie’ at the Kirkland School. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.c1440 |
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