单词 | lady-keys |
释义 | > as lemmaslady-keys lady-keys n. in later use English regional (chiefly Kent) and rare (a) cowslip, Primula veris; (b) = lady-lords n. ΚΠ 1598 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Praxis Med. Vniuersalis at Cowslips Lady keyes, or Primeroses [Ger. Schlüsselblumen oder Himmelschlüssel und Sanct Peters Schlüssel]. 1881 Notes & Queries 10 Sept. 215/2 The flowers in the fields commonly known as cowslips are called ladykeys, but when ladykeys have become coloured or variegated..they go by the name of cowslips. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Lady-keys, same as Lady-lords..; the name given by children to the wild arum. < as lemmas |
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