单词 | arselins |
释义 | arselinsadv. Scottish (formerly also English regional (East Anglian)). Backwards. ΚΠ 1742 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajacis Oratio (ed. 2) 14 I laid him arselins on his back [L. resupinum], To wamble o' the yerd. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 32 He took shanks-naig, but, fient may care! He arslins kiss'd the causey. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 61 Or, glowrin' high, ye in a stank Do arselins stummle. 1858 Trans. Philol. Soc. 146 Arselins, adv., backwards, (Norf.). 1943 J. A. Fotheringham in Sc. National Dict. (1952) III. at Erselins [Orkney] Gaun erselins wi'd, as, for instance, in making an Irish bull or a spoonerism or something of that kind. 1969 A. Mackie tr. A. Rimbaud in Akros May 57 The drooned gaed arselins doon tae sleep awa. 1996 W. S. Milne in Madam X 1 39 At ivery wyndin they yabble an yowl, Ca each ither, turn erselins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1742 |
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