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单词 arles
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arlesn.

/ɑːlz/
Forms: Also Middle English herlys, Middle English–1600s erles.
Etymology: Apparently < Old French *erle, *arle < Latin *arrhula diminutive of arrha n. Compare also Old French erres, arres, modern arrhes < Latin arrha. Historically a plural, but sometimes used as singular; the formal singular arle is hardly in use.
northern dialect.
1. Money given in confirmation of a bargain; esp. that given, when a servant is hired, in confirmation of the engagement; earnest-money.
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society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment by instalment or part-payment > an instalment > earnest money
earnest money1349
earnest1424
earnest penny1454
arles1487
bargain-penny1490
handsel1569
impress-money1617
depositum1623
fasting penny1650
deposit1737
arrha1754
handsale1766
fastening penny1811
sign-on1922
1487 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 87 Joh. Writh, on herlys for on worke xiid.
1540 Act Jas. V (Jam.) Gif ony maner of persoun gefis arlis or money on ony maner of fische.
1652 MS. Grassman's Bk. at Durham (Raine) Spent when we hired the hird, 1s. Given him in arles, 6d.
1674 Ch. Accts. Bedlington Northld. Given the smith in arles for the bell, 1s.
1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) Argentum Dei..Money given in Earnest of a Bargain: In Lincolnshire called Erles, or Arles.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 198 Ye gae me nae arles, indeed.
2. figurative. An earnest, a foretaste.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste
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earnestc1225
forelook1357
foresight1422
foretaste1435
earnest pennya1438
before-tasting1526
prelibation1526
tasting1526
promise?1533
say1549
to-looka1572
handsel1573
assay1597
antepast1604
prefruitiona1631
cue1647
pregustation1656
pregustator1670
scene1691
tint1768
outlook1823
fore-view1831
preview1882
c1220 Hali Meid. 7 As on erles of þe eche mede þat schal cume þ[e]rafter.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. xxvii. 21 (Jam.) This was bot erlys for to tell Of infortune, that eftyr fell.
1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados xi. Prol. 160 With the grace in erlis of glore.
3. arles-penny n. is used in the preceding senses.
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?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament v. sig. S2v The heart gets a taist of the swetnes..quhilk taist is the only arlis-peny, of that full and perfite joy.
1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 606 Your proffer o' luve's an airle-penny.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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