单词 | hobbling |
释义 | hobblingn. The action of hobble v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > rocking rockinga1398 hobbling1535 the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > stammer or stammering stammering1357 wlafferinga1387 mammeringa1425 stuttingc1430 stackeringc1440 stotingc1440 tattling1481 staggering1565 manting1568 maffling1577 stuttering1595 buffing1600 stammeringness1637 titubation1641 balbuties1655 traulism1678 hesitation1709 hammering1731 hobbling1753 stammer1773 mant1801 stutter1843 Hottentotism1871 hesitatingness1890 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 4425 With hobling of ȝour hippis. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxviii. 175 The hobbling it will cause in the reading will make it worse. 1867 Garfield in Cent. Mag. (1884) Jan. 417/2 That distressful hobbling which marks the mass of Parliamentary speakers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). hobblingadj.1 That hobbles; characterized by hobbling: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > uneven hobbling1545 dot and go one1818 hirpling1821 hippity-hoppity1877 hippity-hop1888 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13v That shafte whiche one yeare for a man is to lyghte & scuddinge, for the same selfe man the next yeare may chaunce be to heuy and hobblynge. 1615 W. Bedwell Index Assuratarum in tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ sig. O4 A kind of rude Poëme, or hobbling kind of rythme. 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii, in Dramatic Wks. (1840) 118/1 Thou withered, hobbling, distorted cripple. 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 144 In smooth-pac'd verse, or hobbling prose. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 47 Justice is an old, lame, hobbling beldam. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. xiv. 365 A stiff, rheumatic, hobbling gait. Derivatives ˈhobblingly adv. with a hobbling pace or movement; lamely. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > unevenly hobblingly1607 dot and go one1797 hippity-hoppity1825 hippity-hop1868 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adverb] > lamely lamely1597 hobblingly1607 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 238 They neither cared for rime nor reason, neither regarded they how hoblingly they [their verses] ranne. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. 282, 347. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 64 He..walks hobblingly upon three legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018). hobblingadj.2 In hobbling pilot = hobbler n.2 3a, hoveller n. 1. So hobbling boat = hoveller n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > used by pilot > unlicensed hoveller1880 hobbling boat1891 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > unlicensed pilot huffler1723 hoveller1769 hobbler1840 hobbling pilot1891 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Hobbling Pilot, a pilot who has the necessary marine knowledge but no licence from the Board of Trade. 1891 Manch. Examiner 24 Dec. 8/4 The officer..hailed a hobbling boat and went ashore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1535adj.11545adj.21891 |
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