单词 | lambskin |
释义 | lambskinn. 1. a. The skin or hide of a lamb with the wool on. Proverbial phr. a wolf (or fox) in a lamb's skin. Π c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 506 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 472 For he resemblyt fore to be worthy and gud; bot ȝet he wykyt wolfe wes withine, & heylyt in a lame-skine. c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 378 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 135 He is wolf in lamskine hyd, & ful verray ypocrite. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 40 Sum in ane lamb skyn is a tod. 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 22 §1 Yt shall not bee lawful..to pull, sheare, clippe, or take away the wool of anie sheepe skinne or lambe skinne. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxix. 45 Schawing quhow, wolfis in lam skynis! þe puire scheip ȝe misgyde. b. The same dressed and used for clothing, for ornamentation of dress, for mats, etc. Often in collective singular, denoting the material or fur so prepared. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of lamb footfell1347 lambskin?a1366 budge1395 lentrinware1435 buggishank1463 budge-skin1466 lamba1474 budge-fura1529 astrakhan1766 krimmer1834 Persian lamb1853 broadtail1892 karakul1894 breitschwanz1923 beaver lamb1939 shorn lamb1945 Lucca lamb1956 Tuscan lamb1956 kalgan1960 Swakara1966 ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 229 A burnet cote..Furred with no menivere, But with a furre rough of here, Of lambe~skinnes hevy and blake. 1492 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 202 Item, for quhyte smal cotton lamskynnis to lyne this gowne. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. R2 Like rich Tissew furd with lambe skins. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 278 A fur'd gowne to keepe him warme; and furd with Foxe and Lamb-skins too. View more context for this quotation 1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd i. 6 A Rogue, that uses Beauty like a Lambskin, Barely to keep him warm. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 139 A kind of cloak..furred with lambskin. 2. Leather prepared from the skin of lambs. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin cheverela1400 sheep's leather1474 maroquin1533 saffian1591 lamb's leather1607 kid-skin1645 basil1674 kid1682 kid-leather1693 morocco leather1695 basan1714 Morocco hide1716 lambskin1725 Morocco1735 skiver1800 chevrette1884 glove-calf1885 Vici1888 Dongola1889 nappa leather1895 castor1897 mocha1909 capeskin1934 glove-sheep- 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xxiii. 403 Her Gloves Lambskin, from Berwick and Northumberland, or Scotland. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 3/2 The volumes..are bound in limp lambskin, gilt lettered. Categories » 3. Woollen cloth made to resemble lambskin (Ogilvie). ΘΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow smitea1200 ponder1339 clouta1400 whopc1440 routa1450 maul1481 sousec1500 dunta1522 flake1559 lambskin1573 lamback1592 daud1596 baster1600 mell1658 thumper1682 lounder1723 smash1725 plumper1756 spanker1772 douser1782 thud1787 bash1805 stave1819 batter1823 belter1823 wallop1823 whacker1823 belt1825 smasher1829 dingbat1843 dinger1845 oner1861 squeaker1877 clod1886 wham1923 dong1941 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. Iii She must obeie those lambs, or els a lambs skyn, Ye will prouide for hir, to lap her in.] 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 14 Les if you get ous within the half swurd you chaunc to give us the lamskin. 1600 S. Forman Autobiogr. & Diary (1849) 7 I did give her three or four lambskines with the yerd. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xli. 97 I discovered their slynesse; and with a truncheon, which I had in mine hand, gaue the Indians three or foure good lamskinnes. 5. Mining. Anthracite slack, culm. ΚΠ 1873 Weale's Dict. Terms (ed. 4) Lamb-skin, a name given to a variety of anthracite coal sold at Swansea. CompoundsΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Lamb-skin-men, the Judges of the several Courts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † lambskinv. Obsolete. transitive. To beat, to thrash. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat threshOE beatc1000 to lay on?c1225 chastise1362 rapa1400 dressc1405 lack?c1475 paya1500 currya1529 coil1530 cuff1530 baste1533 thwack1533 lick1535 firka1566 trounce1568 fight1570 course1585 bumfeage1589 feague1589 lamback1589 lambskin1589 tickle1592 thrash1593 lam1595 bumfeagle1598 comb1600 fer1600 linge1600 taw1600 tew1600 thrum1604 feeze1612 verberate1614 fly-flap1620 tabor1624 lambaste1637 feak1652 flog1676 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slipper1682 liquora1689 curry-comb1708 whack1721 rump1735 screenge1787 whale1790 lather1797 tat1819 tease1819 larrup1823 warm1824 haze1825 to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839 flake1841 swish1856 hide1875 triangle1879 to give (a person or thing) gyp1887 soak1892 to loosen (a person's) hide1902 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome B He hath giuen the cause sicken a wipe in his bricke, and so lambskinned the same, that the cause will be the warmer..for it. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 131 To lamback him with ten yeares preparation, that can lamskin thee with a dayes warning. 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden iv. v, in Wks. (1873) III. 185 Or if I baste you not well a fine, and Lambe-skinne your jackets till your bones rattle i' your hides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1366v.1589 |
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