单词 | kevel |
释义 | keveln.1 Now Scottish and northern dialect. 1. ΚΠ c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 547 A keuel of clutes..Þat he [ne] mouhte [MS. -the] speke, ne fnaste. b. A bit or twitch for a horse's mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit kevela1300 barnaclea1382 bitc1385 molanc1400 bridle bit1438 snafflea1533 titup1537 bastonet?1561 cannon?1561 scatch1565 cannon bit1574 snaffle-bit1576 port mouth1589 watering snaffle1593 bell-bit1607 campanel1607 olive1607 pear-bit1607 olive-bit1611 port bit1662 neck-snaffle1686 curb-bit1688 masticador1717 Pelham1742 bridoon1744 slabbering-bit1753 hard and sharp1787 Weymouth1792 bridoon-bit1795 mameluke bit1826 Chiffney-bit1834 training bit1840 ring snaffle1850 gag-snaffle1856 segundo1860 half-moon bit1875 stiff-bit1875 twisted mouth1875 thorn-bit1886 Scamperdale1934 bit-mouth- a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxi[i]. 9 In keuil and bridel þair chekes straite. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 274/1 Kevle, or kevyl, for hors, mordale, camus. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiiv/2 Kewle, postonis [read postomis]. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) One who rides a horse,..when he brings the halter under the horse's jaws and makes it pass through his mouth, is said to put a kewl on. 2. A rounded piece of wood; a staff, cudgel. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1807 C. Waugh Fisherman's Def. 41 The pocknet is knit upon a keevel from six to seven inches in circumference. 1836 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders III. 304 Brandishing of flails and kevels showed they were determined to act. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). keveln.2ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg preenOE prickOE kevel1251 pina1275 prag1354 key1434 peg1440 tholec1440 thole-pinc1440 lock1514 cotterel1570 pivot1730 pinning1742 steady pin1791 gib1795 needle1811 lockdown1832 cotter1842 peglet1890 pushpin1903 1251 Liberate Roll 35 Hen. III 2 July (P.R.O.) Per paviari capellam nostram et in eadem kiuellos ferri ad cathenas ad claudendum fenestras vitreas fieri. [Cf. Turner Dom. Archit. 13th C. (1851) v. 230 Iron kevils with chains to shut the glass windows.] 1303–40 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) I. 490 [Tiles were fastened, as now, by pins..These pins are also called] ‘keuills’ [printed ‘kenills’], [a name found in Southampton, Westshene, Isleworth, and London]. 2. Nautical. A peg or cleat, usually fixed in pairs, to which certain ropes are belayed (see quot. 1769). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > cleat or bollard kevelc1330 cleat1377 bollard1844 belaying-cleat1862 thumb-cleat1867 stag-horn1923 niggerhead1927 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12062 Bowlyne on bouspret to sette & hale Cordes, kyuiles [v.r. keuiles], atached þe [v.r. to] wale. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 Kneuels are small pieces of wood nailed to the inside of the ship, to belay the sheats and tackes vnto. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 345/2 The Kevels are to belay the Sheets. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Knivels [1706 (ed. Kersey), Knevels or Kevels]. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Chevils or Kevils, are small Pieces of Timber nailed to the inside of a Ship to belay or fasten the Sheets and Tacks. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Kevels, a frame composed of two pieces of timber, whose lower ends rest in a sort of step or foot, nailed to the ship's side, from whence the upper ends branch outward into arms or horns, serving to belay the..ropes by which the bottoms of the main-sail and fore-sail are extended. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvii. 187 The bight..he belayed..to the main-sheet kevel. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 73 What are ‘cavils’? Timber heads, or small bollards for belaying important ropes to, such as the main tack. Compounds kevel-head, kevel-headed adj. ΚΠ 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Kevel-Heads, the ends of the top timbers, which, rising above the gun-wale, serve to belay the ropes, or take a round turn to hold on. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 98 Blocks for the..lifts..are kevel-headed blocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). keveln.3 Scottish and northern dialect. A kind of hammer for rough-hewing or breaking stone (see quot. 1793); also kevel-hammer, kevel-mell. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > hammer for use on stone pick1357 kevel-mell1360 stone-hammer1411 knapper1787 walling hammer1841 marteline1875 bush-hammer1885 1360 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 2 Pro factura ix. wegges et novo kevell et j melle ferri. 1367 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 571 Pro..pikkis, hakkis, et kevellis faciend. 1404 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 397 In custodia Sementarii..1 kevyll. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §108 A tool called a Kevel, which is at one end a hammer, and at the other an axe, whose edge is so short or narrow that it approaches towards the shape of a pick. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Kavel-mell, a sledge hammer, a hammer of a large size used for breaking stones. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1008 at Nidged Ashlar It is brought to the square by means of a cavil or hammer with a sharp point. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Kevel, kyevel, a stone-hammer, the common gavel. Kyevel-hammer, a heavy hammer used by stone-breakers to break up the large blocks of road metal. DerivativesCategories » ˈkevel v.3 to break (stones). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). keveln.4 Mining. local. The name given by Derbyshire lead-miners to a calcareous stone found mingled with the ore (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > material within kevel1747 comb1863 coal ball1870 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Ej Burr [is] a hard Knot or Lump in the Vein, or Sticking, of Caulk, Chirts, Kevells, &c. mixed with the Ore. 1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss. Kevel, a sparry substance found in the vein, composed of calcareous spar, fluor, and barytes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † keveln.5 Obsolete. A species of antelope, now identified with the common gazelle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Gazella (gazelle) > Gazella dorcas (dorcas gazelle) dorce1661 kevel1759 Dorcas gazelle1821 1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 73 The second he calls the Kevel, which is rather less than the former [sc. Gazella]. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 83/2 The kevel [is] found only on the opposite side of the great African desert to that inhabited by the dorcas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2018). kevelv.1 Obsolete exc. dialect. transitive. To bit or bridle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > bridle, halter, collar, or reins bridlec1330 kevela1400 halterc1440 rein?c1475 pastern1598 lock1625 to put (a horse) under the button1667 knee-halter1835 collar1884 a1400 Syr Perc. 424 (Thornton) lf. 164 Brydille hase he righte nane;..Bot a wythe hase he tane, And keuylles his stede. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hii v/2 Kewle an horse, os obstruere. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Kibble, to put the cord of a halter into a horse's mouth by way of bit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1a1300n.21251n.31360n.41747n.51759v.1a1400 |
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