单词 | kneading-mit |
释义 | > as lemmaskneading-mit 2. A shallow tub or other vessel, used for household purposes. Chiefly as the second element in compounds, esp. in butter-mit, kneading-mit. Now rare (regional in later use).Cf. moat n.2 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > other vessels mitOE utensil1502 dinger1533 ding1595 baikie1629 caddinet1662 Betty1725 conch1839 oxybaphon1850 ampoule1947 polypod1951 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. v. 15 Neque accendunt lucernam et ponunt eam sub modio : ne ec bernas ðæccille uel lehtfæt & settas ða uel hia unðer mitte [OE Rushw. under mytte] uel under sestre. 1679 in B. S. Trinder & J. Cox Yeoman & Colliers in Telford 1660–1750 (1980) 170 One churn and a kneading mitt. 1781 in P. C. Moore Inventory Hartlebury Castle (1960) 79 Milk House & Dairy—5 Milk Pails 6 do. Mits. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Butter-mit, a small tub in which newly-made butter is washed. West. 1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. Mit, a shallow tub, or other like vessel used for household purposes... Mit is generally used in composition, as Butter-mit,—Kneading-mit. < as lemmas |
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