laskn.¹

/lɑːsk/

/lask/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s laske.

Etymology: < Old Northern French *lasque = Central Old French lasche loosening, relaxation, < lasker = lascher (modern French lâcher) to loosen.

1. Looseness of the bowels, diarrhoea; an attack of this; = lax n.² 1. Now only in veterinary use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea

diarrhoea1398

squirtc1460

hurl?a1513

gurry?1523

lasking1527

laxity1528

lax?1529

lask1542

skittera1585

looseness1586

scouring1597

laxativeness1610

laxness1634

squitter1664

lurry1689

thorough-go-nimble1694

wherry-go-nimble1766

the trots1808

cholerine1832

squit1841

choleriform1884

tummy1888

gippy tummy1915

shit1928

Rhea sisters1935

belly wuk1943

tomtit1944

run1946

Montezuma's revenge1955

Aztec hop1962

turista1970

1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 489 Many honeste persones died of y^e hote agues, and of a greate laske.

1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 16 Meate excessively ingurgitate and eaten..engendreth..laskes and vomit.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 93 The Cornell tree..is not good for bees, for if they chance to tast the floure therof, they fal presently into a vehement lask.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 433 Flixweed, the seed stops laskes, and issues of blood.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Aniseed, has the Virtue to appease Belly-Rumblings and Gripes, Lask, Vomiting, and the Hiccup.

1803 A. Macnab in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 208 The Lask or Scour..generally originates from feebleness, cold, or grazing on a soft rich pasture, without a mixture of hard grass.

†2. A laxative, aperient; = lax n.² 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative

laxativec1386

abstersive?a1425

purgative?a1425

lax1526

purgation1527

cleanser1528

looser1528

laskc1540

purger1558

solutory1561

scouring1575

expulsive1576

purge1593

solutive1605

opener1610

physica1616

calastic1621

loosener1630

minorative1633

relaxativea1637

cathartic1651

eccoprotic1656

vacuative1656

aperitive1671

spurger1681

aperient1682

hypercathartic1706

chalastic1708

scourer1718

drastic1783

solvent1815

purgament1828

dejector1831

laxation1897

mochlic1907

jollop1955

poop-pusher1966

c1540 Image Ipocrysy iii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 433 They gave ther lorde a laske To purge withall his caske.

Compounds

laskwort n. a herb supposed to be a remedy for ‘lask’ or diarrhoea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > unidentified types of plants

sagittelc1400

bilgresa1475

cancer1546

alypum1597

nepenthe1605

heart a grasse1609

laskwort1647

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > for the bowels > plant-derived

laskwort1647

lopez-root1791

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. ix. 64 Violets, Laskwort [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

laskn.²

/lɑːsk/

/lask/

Etymology: ? < Middle Dutch lasche, (probably pronounced /lasxə/); modern Dutch lasch, pronounced /las/ piece cut out, flap.

(See quots.)

ΚΠ

1864 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands II. 125 A hook baited with a slice (termed a lask) from the side of a mackarel.

1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 581 To pass the hook through the thicker end of the strip—technically called a ‘lask’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

† laskadj.

Forms: Also Middle English laske.

Etymology: ? < Old Northern French *lasque = Central Old French lasche : see lash adj.

Obsolete.

Loose (in the bowels); relaxed, weak. Cf. lash adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [adjective] > relaxed condition of bowels

laxc1400

solublec1400

laskc1460

loose1508

laxative1546

loose-bellied1565

slippery1597

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > diarrhoea > of person

laskc1460

lax1530

lasky1552

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 91 He [buttir] norishethe a man to be laske.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Lask, loose in the belly.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Fever His [horse's] lips and all his body grows lask and feeble.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

laskv.

/lɑːsk/

/lask/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s laske, Middle English leske.

Etymology: ? < Old Northern French *lasquer = Central Old French lascher (modern French lâcher ) to loosen, relax < popular Latin *lascāre = classical Latin laxāre , < laxus lax adj.

†1. transitive. To lower in quality, quantity, or strength, relax; to thin (the blood); to shorten (life); to alleviate (pain). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > make less dense [verb (transitive)]

thinc1000

laska1375

rarefya1398

subtilea1425

subtiliate1551

extenuate1559

assubtiliate1582

assubtile1589

attenuate1594

subtilize1597

thinnify1693

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > short duration [verb (transitive)] > shorten

shortc1175

laska1375

abridgec1384

breviatea1529

strait1571

scantelize1611

curta1618

shortena1641

decontract1647

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering)

lissea1000

alightOE

allayc1225

softc1225

comfort1297

laya1300

eathea1325

allegea1375

appeasec1374

laska1375

slakea1387

releasea1393

balma1400

to bete one of one's balea1400

to cool a person's caresc1400

delivera1413

leggea1425

mitigate?a1425

repress?a1425

alleviate?a1475

allevya1500

alleve1544

leviate1545

lenify1567

allevate1570

ungrieve1589

straight1604

mulcify1653

balsama1666

solace1667

meliorate1796

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 950 I wol a litel and litel laskit [i.e. lask it] in hast.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 570 Heiȝh heuene king to gode hauene me sende, oþer laske mi liif daywes wiþ-inne a litel terme.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 280 Summen seien þat olde men ben able to be kutt, for her blood is miche laskid & her hete.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 296 Þou schalt laske his greet blood wiþ blood-letyngis.

a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1736 Laske hys peynes or cese hys synne.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 196 For þis superfluyte mayst þou neuere ben heyl in soule, tyl þis blood be leskyd in blood-letyng.

†2. intransitive. To become loose in the bowels; to purge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [verb (intransitive)]

dritea1000

to do one's filthheadc1300

shit?c1335

to go to siegec1400

scumbera1425

cack1436

to do one's easementa1438

to ease nature, ease oneselfc1440

skite1449

to do of one's needingsc1475

fen1486

dung1508

spurge1530

to cover his feet1535

lask1540

stool1540

to exonerate nature1542

file1564

fiant1575

cucka1605

wray1620

exonerate1631

excrement1632

to do one's ease1645

sir-reverence1665

excrementizec1670

nest1679

poop1689

move1699

defecate1837

crap1874

mire1918

to make a mess1928

mess1937

to go poo-poo (also poo-poos)1960

potty1972

to do a whoopsie (or whoopsies)1973

pooh1975

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > purge

purge1340

loosec1400

physicc1400

scour1489

lask1540

loosen1587

vacuate1651

unload1653

clear1719

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xv^v Yf the woman..haue ben longe sycke before her labor, yf she haue ben sore laxed [1552 lasked].

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 344 Soft Childhood puling..Are apt to Laskes [sic] through much humiditie.

1618 Owles Almanacke 43 Then will they untrusse a hoope and laske like a squirt.

1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 23 Goates milk..maketh a man to laske.

3. Nautical. To ‘go large’; to sail neither ‘by the wind’ nor ‘before the wind’.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail with wind abaft the beam

goOE

large1582

to go (sail, etc.) large1615

lask1622

(to go) fluking1840

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xii. 23 When we cast about, shee beganne to vere shete, and to goe away lasking.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Goe large, laske, ware yawning.

1684 Bucaniers Amer. ii. (1698) 138 We bore up one point of the compass thereby to hinder her lasking away.

1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 378 You must put the Ship away lasking, or afore the Wind.

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 602 The admiral..kept lasking away, angling from the enemy.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lasking along, sailing away with a quartering wind.

†4. Mining. (Apparently used as a word of command: see quot. 1747) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Liij Lask [is] a word used in drawing Shafts, Sumps, &c. for Spare Rope, or not enough; as Lask, the Drawer understands he must let down more Rope; and no Lask is that the Rope is too short to hang on the Corfe.

Derivatives

† ˈlasking n. Obsolete purging, diarrhoea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea

diarrhoea1398

squirtc1460

hurl?a1513

gurry?1523

lasking1527

laxity1528

lax?1529

lask1542

skittera1585

looseness1586

scouring1597

laxativeness1610

laxness1634

squitter1664

lurry1689

thorough-go-nimble1694

wherry-go-nimble1766

the trots1808

cholerine1832

squit1841

choleriform1884

tummy1888

gippy tummy1915

shit1928

Rhea sisters1935

belly wuk1943

tomtit1944

run1946

Montezuma's revenge1955

Aztec hop1962

turista1970

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Biv The same water..stopped all maner of laskynge.

ˈlasking n. and adj. Nautical ‘(going) large’.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > going with wind abaft the beam

lasking1882

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lasking (Sea-Term), when a Ship sails neither by a Wind, nor directly before the Wind,..she is said To go lasking.

1882 T. Roosevelt Naval War 1812 (1883) 120 The Java..came down in a lasking course on her adversary's weather quarter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹c1540

n.²1864

adj.c1460

v.a1375

单词	lask
释义	laskn.¹ /lɑːsk//lask/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s laske. Etymology: < Old Northern French lasque = Central Old French lasche* loosening, relaxation, < lasker = lascher (modern French lâcher) to loosen. 1. Looseness of the bowels, diarrhoea; an attack of this; = lax n.² 1. Now only in veterinary use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea diarrhoea1398 squirtc1460 hurl?a1513 gurry?1523 lasking1527 laxity1528 lax?1529 lask1542 skittera1585 looseness1586 scouring1597 laxativeness1610 laxness1634 squitter1664 lurry1689 thorough-go-nimble1694 wherry-go-nimble1766 the trots1808 cholerine1832 squit1841 choleriform1884 tummy1888 gippy tummy1915 shit1928 Rhea sisters1935 belly wuk1943 tomtit1944 run1946 Montezuma's revenge1955 Aztec hop1962 turista1970 1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 489 Many honeste persones died of y^e hote agues, and of a greate laske. 1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 16 Meate excessively ingurgitate and eaten..engendreth..laskes and vomit. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 93 The Cornell tree..is not good for bees, for if they chance to tast the floure therof, they fal presently into a vehement lask. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 433 Flixweed, the seed stops laskes, and issues of blood. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Aniseed, has the Virtue to appease Belly-Rumblings and Gripes, Lask, Vomiting, and the Hiccup. 1803 A. Macnab in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 208 The Lask or Scour..generally originates from feebleness, cold, or grazing on a soft rich pasture, without a mixture of hard grass. †2. A laxative, aperient; = lax n.² 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative laxativec1386 abstersive?a1425 purgative?a1425 lax1526 purgation1527 cleanser1528 looser1528 laskc1540 purger1558 solutory1561 scouring1575 expulsive1576 purge1593 solutive1605 opener1610 physica1616 calastic1621 loosener1630 minorative1633 relaxativea1637 cathartic1651 eccoprotic1656 vacuative1656 aperitive1671 spurger1681 aperient1682 hypercathartic1706 chalastic1708 scourer1718 drastic1783 solvent1815 purgament1828 dejector1831 laxation1897 mochlic1907 jollop1955 poop-pusher1966 c1540 Image Ipocrysy iii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 433 They gave ther lorde a laske To purge withall his caske. Compounds laskwort n. a herb supposed to be a remedy for ‘lask’ or diarrhoea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > unidentified types of plants sagittelc1400 bilgresa1475 cancer1546 alypum1597 nepenthe1605 heart a grasse1609 laskwort1647 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > for the bowels > plant-derived laskwort1647 lopez-root1791 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. ix. 64 Violets, Laskwort [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). laskn.² /lɑːsk//lask/ Etymology: ? < Middle Dutch lasche, (probably pronounced /lasxə/); modern Dutch lasch, pronounced /las/ piece cut out, flap. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1864 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands II. 125 A hook baited with a slice (termed a lask) from the side of a mackarel. 1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 581 To pass the hook through the thicker end of the strip—technically called a ‘lask’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † laskadj. Forms: Also Middle English laske. Etymology: ? < Old Northern French lasque = Central Old French lasche* : see lash adj. Obsolete. Loose (in the bowels); relaxed, weak. Cf. lash adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [adjective] > relaxed condition of bowels laxc1400 solublec1400 laskc1460 loose1508 laxative1546 loose-bellied1565 slippery1597 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > diarrhoea > of person laskc1460 lax1530 lasky1552 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 91 He [buttir] norishethe a man to be laske. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Lask, loose in the belly. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Fever His [horse's] lips and all his body grows lask and feeble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020). laskv. /lɑːsk//lask/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s laske, Middle English leske. Etymology: ? < Old Northern French lasquer = Central Old French lascher* (modern French lâcher ) to loosen, relax < popular Latin lascāre = classical Latin laxāre* , < laxus lax adj. †1. transitive. To lower in quality, quantity, or strength, relax; to thin (the blood); to shorten (life); to alleviate (pain). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > make less dense [verb (transitive)] thinc1000 laska1375 rarefya1398 subtilea1425 subtiliate1551 extenuate1559 assubtiliate1582 assubtile1589 attenuate1594 subtilize1597 thinnify1693 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > short duration [verb (transitive)] > shorten shortc1175 laska1375 abridgec1384 breviatea1529 strait1571 scantelize1611 curta1618 shortena1641 decontract1647 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering) lissea1000 alightOE allayc1225 softc1225 comfort1297 laya1300 eathea1325 allegea1375 appeasec1374 laska1375 slakea1387 releasea1393 balma1400 to bete one of one's balea1400 to cool a person's caresc1400 delivera1413 leggea1425 mitigate?a1425 repress?a1425 alleviate?a1475 allevya1500 alleve1544 leviate1545 lenify1567 allevate1570 ungrieve1589 straight1604 mulcify1653 balsama1666 solace1667 meliorate1796 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 950 I wol a litel and litel laskit [i.e. lask it] in hast. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 570 Heiȝh heuene king to gode hauene me sende, oþer laske mi liif daywes wiþ-inne a litel terme. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 280 Summen seien þat olde men ben able to be kutt, for her blood is miche laskid & her hete. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 296 Þou schalt laske his greet blood wiþ blood-letyngis. a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1736 Laske hys peynes or cese hys synne. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 196 For þis superfluyte mayst þou neuere ben heyl in soule, tyl þis blood be leskyd in blood-letyng. †2. intransitive. To become loose in the bowels; to purge. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [verb (intransitive)] dritea1000 to do one's filthheadc1300 shit?c1335 to go to siegec1400 scumbera1425 cack1436 to do one's easementa1438 to ease nature, ease oneselfc1440 skite1449 to do of one's needingsc1475 fen1486 dung1508 spurge1530 to cover his feet1535 lask1540 stool1540 to exonerate nature1542 file1564 fiant1575 cucka1605 wray1620 exonerate1631 excrement1632 to do one's ease1645 sir-reverence1665 excrementizec1670 nest1679 poop1689 move1699 defecate1837 crap1874 mire1918 to make a mess1928 mess1937 to go poo-poo (also poo-poos)1960 potty1972 to do a whoopsie (or whoopsies)1973 pooh1975 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > purge purge1340 loosec1400 physicc1400 scour1489 lask1540 loosen1587 vacuate1651 unload1653 clear1719 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xv^v Yf the woman..haue ben longe sycke before her labor, yf she haue ben sore laxed [1552 lasked]. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 344 Soft Childhood puling..Are apt to Laskes [sic] through much humiditie. 1618 Owles Almanacke 43 Then will they untrusse a hoope and laske like a squirt. 1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 23 Goates milk..maketh a man to laske. 3. Nautical. To ‘go large’; to sail neither ‘by the wind’ nor ‘before the wind’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail with wind abaft the beam goOE large1582 to go (sail, etc.) large1615 lask1622 (to go) fluking1840 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xii. 23 When we cast about, shee beganne to vere shete, and to goe away lasking. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Goe large, laske, ware yawning. 1684 Bucaniers Amer. ii. (1698) 138 We bore up one point of the compass thereby to hinder her lasking away. 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 378 You must put the Ship away lasking, or afore the Wind. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 602 The admiral..kept lasking away, angling from the enemy. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lasking along, sailing away with a quartering wind. †4. Mining. (Apparently used as a word of command: see quot. 1747) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Liij Lask [is] a word used in drawing Shafts, Sumps, &c. for Spare Rope, or not enough; as Lask, the Drawer understands he must let down more Rope; and no Lask is that the Rope is too short to hang on the Corfe. Derivatives † ˈlasking n. Obsolete purging, diarrhoea. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea diarrhoea1398 squirtc1460 hurl?a1513 gurry?1523 lasking1527 laxity1528 lax?1529 lask1542 skittera1585 looseness1586 scouring1597 laxativeness1610 laxness1634 squitter1664 lurry1689 thorough-go-nimble1694 wherry-go-nimble1766 the trots1808 cholerine1832 squit1841 choleriform1884 tummy1888 gippy tummy1915 shit1928 Rhea sisters1935 belly wuk1943 tomtit1944 run1946 Montezuma's revenge1955 Aztec hop1962 turista1970 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Biv The same water..stopped all maner of laskynge. ˈlasking n. and adj. Nautical ‘(going) large’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > going with wind abaft the beam lasking1882 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lasking (Sea-Term), when a Ship sails neither by a Wind, nor directly before the Wind,..she is said To go lasking. 1882 T. Roosevelt Naval War 1812 (1883) 120 The Java..came down in a lasking course on her adversary's weather quarter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1540n.²1864adj.c1460v.a1375
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