kebn.¹

/kɛb/

Forms: Also 1500s kebbe, 1800s kebb.

Etymology: Etymology uncertain; compare German kibbe, kippe, ewe.

local.

A ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is still-born. Also keb-ewe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > whose lamb is lost or dead

keb1470

1470–73 in Rec. Andover 20 Rec^d pro viij ovibus ecclie vocat[is] Kebbys viij^s.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 Baytht ȝouis and lammis kebbis and dailis.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 431 b Full of sicknesse, and like an olde kebbe full of wrinckles.

1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 60 Of lambs, the superabundance of twins has far exceeded the loss by kebbs.

1824 Gallovid. Encycl. Keb-Ewes.

Compounds

keb-house n. (see quot. 1886).

ΚΠ

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 118 Such a shed..is termed a keb-house,—a ‘keb’ being a ewe that has lost her lamb, and the house the place where she may be confined while being made to adopt another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† kebn.²

Forms: also kebb.

Etymology: Variant of Cab n.¹

Obsolete.

A cavalier; = Cab n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > cavalier or royalist cause > supporter of

rattle-head1641

cavalier1642

delinquent1642

long head1642

malignant1642

Cab1644

cavy1645

kebc1645

rattlepate1646

cave1661

heroic1682

c1645 I. Tullie Narr. Siege of Carlisle (1840) 45 Y^e whole body charging, the Kebs were put to a second retreat.

1664 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 118 Hee would banish both the informer and all his like, kebbs as they were.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† kebv.¹

Etymology: Perhaps < root of Middle Dutch kebbelen, East Frisian kabbeln to chatter, babble; Middle Dutch kabbelen (Dutch kibbelen), Low German kabbeln to quarrel, dispute.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To boast, brag.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]

yelpc888

kebc1315

glorify1340

to make avauntc1340

boast1377

brag1377

to shake boastc1380

glorya1382

to make (one's) boastc1385

crackc1470

avaunt1471

glaster1513

voust1513

to make (one's or a) vauntc1515

jet?1521

vaunt?1521

crowa1529

rail1530

devauntc1540

brave1549

vaunt1611

thrasonize1619

vapour1629

ostentate1670

goster1673

flourish1674

rodomontade1681

taper1683

gasconade1717

stump1721

rift1794

mang1819

snigger1823

gab1825

cackle1847

to talk horse1855

skite1857

to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859

to shoot off one's mouth1864

spreadeagle1866

swank1874

bum1877

to sound off1918

woof1934

to shoot a line1941

to honk off1952

to mouth off1958

blow-

c1315 Shoreham 96 Wanne he aldey swereth ydelleche, In kebbynge and in caute.

c1315 Shoreham 111 Ȝef that kebbede eny of ous, Ich woȝt wel that he leȝ.

c1315 Shoreham 111 Wyth kebbynges aperte.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

kebv.²

/kɛb/

Etymology: Compare keb n.¹

dialect.

intransitive. Of a ewe:

a. To cast a lamb prematurely, or dead.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > to conceive or give birth > give birth prematurely

keb1816

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 41 The witch who frequented these hill.., causing the ewes to keb.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Keb, to drop a dead lamb.

b. to keb at, to refuse to suckle (a lamb).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > refuse to suckle lamb

to keb at?1771

?1771 Whole Proc. Jocky & Maggy v. 28 She wad keb at it as the black ew did at the white ews lamb.

Derivatives

kebbed adj.

/kɛbd/

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of or like a lamb > that died at birth

kebbed1824

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > giving birth > having produced lamb(s) > that died at birth

kebbed1824

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 181 A kebbed ewe is one whose lamb dies.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words When a lamb dies in birth it is called a kebbed lamb and the mother a kebbed yow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

n.¹1470

n.²c1645

v.¹c1315

v.²?1771

单词	keb
释义	kebn.¹ /kɛb/ Forms: Also 1500s kebbe, 1800s kebb. Etymology: Etymology uncertain; compare German kibbe, kippe, ewe. local. A ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is still-born. Also keb-ewe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > whose lamb is lost or dead keb1470 1470–73 in Rec. Andover 20 Rec^d pro viij ovibus ecclie vocat[is] Kebbys viij^s. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 Baytht ȝouis and lammis kebbis and dailis. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 431 b Full of sicknesse, and like an olde kebbe full of wrinckles. 1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 60 Of lambs, the superabundance of twins has far exceeded the loss by kebbs. 1824 Gallovid. Encycl. Keb-Ewes. Compounds keb-house n. (see quot. 1886). ΚΠ 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 118 Such a shed..is termed a keb-house,—a ‘keb’ being a ewe that has lost her lamb, and the house the place where she may be confined while being made to adopt another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † kebn.² Forms: also kebb. Etymology: Variant of Cab n.¹ Obsolete. A cavalier; = Cab n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > cavalier or royalist cause > supporter of rattle-head1641 cavalier1642 delinquent1642 long head1642 malignant1642 Cab1644 cavy1645 kebc1645 rattlepate1646 cave1661 heroic1682 c1645 I. Tullie Narr. Siege of Carlisle (1840) 45 Y^e whole body charging, the Kebs were put to a second retreat. 1664 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 118 Hee would banish both the informer and all his like, kebbs as they were. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † kebv.¹ Etymology: Perhaps < root of Middle Dutch kebbelen, East Frisian kabbeln to chatter, babble; Middle Dutch kabbelen (Dutch kibbelen), Low German kabbeln to quarrel, dispute. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To boast, brag. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] yelpc888 kebc1315 glorify1340 to make avauntc1340 boast1377 brag1377 to shake boastc1380 glorya1382 to make (one's) boastc1385 crackc1470 avaunt1471 glaster1513 voust1513 to make (one's or a) vauntc1515 jet?1521 vaunt?1521 crowa1529 rail1530 devauntc1540 brave1549 vaunt1611 thrasonize1619 vapour1629 ostentate1670 goster1673 flourish1674 rodomontade1681 taper1683 gasconade1717 stump1721 rift1794 mang1819 snigger1823 gab1825 cackle1847 to talk horse1855 skite1857 to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859 to shoot off one's mouth1864 spreadeagle1866 swank1874 bum1877 to sound off1918 woof1934 to shoot a line1941 to honk off1952 to mouth off1958 blow- c1315 Shoreham 96 Wanne he aldey swereth ydelleche, In kebbynge and in caute. c1315 Shoreham 111 Ȝef that kebbede eny of ous, Ich woȝt wel that he leȝ. c1315 Shoreham 111 Wyth kebbynges aperte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018). kebv.² /kɛb/ Etymology: Compare keb n.¹ dialect. intransitive. Of a ewe: a. To cast a lamb prematurely, or dead. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > to conceive or give birth > give birth prematurely keb1816 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 41 The witch who frequented these hill.., causing the ewes to keb. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Keb, to drop a dead lamb. b. to keb at, to refuse to suckle (a lamb). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > refuse to suckle lamb to keb at?1771 ?1771 Whole Proc. Jocky & Maggy v. 28 She wad keb at it as the black ew did at the white ews lamb. Derivatives kebbed adj. /kɛbd/ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of or like a lamb > that died at birth kebbed1824 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > giving birth > having produced lamb(s) > that died at birth kebbed1824 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 181 A kebbed ewe is one whose lamb dies. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words When a lamb dies in birth it is called a kebbed lamb and the mother a kebbed yow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.¹1470n.²c1645v.¹c1315v.²?1771
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kebn.1

Compounds

† kebn.2

† kebv.1

kebv.2

Derivatives

kebn.¹

† kebn.²

† kebv.¹

kebv.²