单词 | hummel |
释义 | † hummeln. Scottish. Obsolete. A drone; a lazy fellow. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person caynard1303 sluggard1398 luskc1420 slugc1425 truantc1449 dawa1500 hummel?a1513 rook?a1513 wallydraigle?a1513 sloven1523 dronea1529 draw latch1538 slim1548 slouk1570 do-nothing1579 bumbiea1585 do-little1586 lazybones1593 luskin1593 do-naught1594 loiter-sack1594 bed-presser1598 lazy lizard1600 lazy-back1611 fainéant1618 nothing-do1623 trivant1624 slothful1648 lolpoop1661 tool1699 haggis1822 lazy-boots1832 lazy-legs1838 poke1847 never-sweat1851 slob1876 bum1882 haggis bag1892 lollop1896 trouble-shirker1908 warb1933 fuck-off1948 poop-butt1967 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 67 Wyld haschbaldis, haggarbaldis and hummellis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). hummelhumbleadj. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. Of cattle: Hornless, ‘dodded’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns > having no horns hummelc1540 dodder1614 doddeda1642 hummelled1788 poley1827 muley1885 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. x. xii. f. 143v/2 Quhen vncouth ky fechtis amang thaym self, gif ane of thaym happenis to be slane, and vncertane quhat kow maid ye slauchter, the kow yat is homyll sall beir the wyte. 1584 J. Carmichael Let. in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) 438 When we got it, it was but a Dun humble kow. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 186 Of their black cattle, some are without horns, called by the Scots, humble cows. b. Applied to a hornless stag. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > without antlers antlerless1876 hummel1907 1907 Spectator 5 Jan. 11/1 The ‘hummel’ stag—that ungainly beast with no horns at all—is a better fighter than the ‘switch-horn’. 1907 Spectator 5 Jan. 11/2 The supremacy of the ‘hummels’ and ‘switch-horns’ in battles with their own kind. 1925 J. Buchan John Macnab iv A hummel, a great fellow of fully twenty stone. 1964 G. K. Whitehead Deer Great Brit. & Ireland vii. 156 Some stags never grow any antlers at all and are known as hummels. These beasts would appear to be just as capable of breeding as their antlered brethren. 1972 Country Life 17 Feb. 424/3 The hummel or antlerless stag is not welcome on the purely sporting estate. 2. Of corn or grain: Awnless. hummel corn, ‘a term applied to the lighter grain of any kind, or that which falls from the rest when it is fanned’ (Jamieson); hence used attributively ‘mean, poor’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > inferior grain hummel corn1474 multure corn1546 tailings1764 tail1775 chicken corna1817 screening1824 pilkins1859 tail-end1859 1474 Acta Audit. (1839) 35/2 vii chalder of hommyll corne. a1605 R. Birrel Diarey 36 in J. G. Dalyell Fragm. of Scotish Hist. (1798) The ait maill 10 lib: the boll, the humbell corne 7 lib: the boll. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 386 The..hinds..receive 10 bolls oats, 2 bolls barley, and 1 boll peas, which two last articles are called hummel corn. 1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) 87 A hummelcorn discourse. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > chapped or cracked chipped1495 chappeda1500 chopped1549 hummelled1597 hummel1601 chapping1610 seamy1776 hacked1788 chappy1833 chippy1851 kinned1855 soda-chapped1922 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 128 In case of humble-heels he applied it sodden in oile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hummelhumblev. Scottish and northern dialect. Categories » 1. transitive. To deprive of the horns: see hummelled adj. 2. To remove the awns from (barley). See also quot. 1893. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > beat barley stump1787 hummel?a1800 awn1808 ?a1800 MS. Poem (Jam.) Thair's bear tae hummil. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 230 My heart dunt—duntit like a man humblin bear. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Homil, to humble or remove the awns from barley... In breaking stones for macadamised roads, to humel means to break the lumps into smaller sizes preparatory to their being made the requisite size by a smaller hammer. Derivatives ˈhummelling n. (also hummeling) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > beating barley hummelling1835 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 465/2 Barley requires care in thrashing, to break off all the awns close to the grain... It is often necessary..to effect this by another operation..called hummeling. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 386 A barley aveller or hummelling machine..for the purpose of rubbing the horns or avels off barley..leaving the kernels clean. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1513adj.1474v.?a1800 |
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