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单词 lambskin
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lambskinn.

Brit. /ˈlamskɪn/, U.S. /ˈlæmˌskɪn/
Forms: Also lamb's skin.
1.
a. The skin or hide of a lamb with the wool on. Proverbial phr. a wolf (or fox) in a lamb's skin.
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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.
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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.
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3. Woollen cloth made to resemble lambskin (Ogilvie).
4. punningly. A heavy blow. Obsolete. (Cf. lambskin v., lam v.)
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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.

Compounds

lamb-skin-man n. Obsolete (see quot. 1699).
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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.

Etymology: < lambskin n.
Obsolete.
transitive. To beat, to thrash.
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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).
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