单词 | holy water sprinkler |
释义 | > as lemmasholy water sprinkler holy water sprinkler n. = holy-water sprinkle n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club masuelc1312 macec1325 maulc1325 mell1333 brogged staff1429 balk-staffc1460 malleta1500 quarterstaff?1560 sport staff1634 morgenstern1637 roundhead1643 morning star1684 patu patu1769 patuc1771 shell-stick1790 holy water sprinkler1816 mace-head1824 shark's teeth sword1845 taiaha1845 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 267 Another churchman in his vestments bore a holy-water sprinkler. 1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. 288 The Morning-star, a ball of wood, encircled by bands of iron, in which spikes are inserted..was sometimes jocularly (!) termed a ‘holy-water sprinkler’, the way in which it scattered blood..suggesting a similarity to the sprinkling of holy water. < as lemmas |
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