单词 | leger |
释义 | † legern.1 Obsolete. A coal dealer who buys sacks of coal or charcoal from other dealers, transfers the contents to sacks of smaller size, and fraudulently sells these smaller sacks without lowering the price. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler leger1591 concealer1597 break-bulk1622 bug hunter1725 land-shark1769 Morocco man1796 land-cook1807 nob-pitcher1819 bubble-man1862 scuttler1869 lumberer1897 prop man1966 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13v The Legier, (the craftie Collyer I meane). 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. E3v I am..a Collier of Croyden, and one sir that haue sold many a man a false sacke of coales... Indeed I haue beene a lieger in my time in London, and haue plaied many mad prankes for which cause..the Pillorie hath eaten off both my eares. Derivatives legering n. the action or practice of a ‘leger’ (see main sense). ΚΠ 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13 The lawe of Legering, which is a deceit that Collyers abuse the common-welth withal, in hauing vnlawfull sackes. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13v He carryeth the countrey Collyer home to his legering place, and there at the backe gate causeth him to vnload and as they say shoot the Coales downe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Legern.2 With the. = St. Leger n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > specific races St. Leger1778 the Oaks1779 Goodwood Cup1829 Leger1832 Cesarewitch1839 Cambridgeshire handicap1840 Grand Prix de Paris1862 Grand National1863 classic1899 national1909 1832 C. G. F. Gore Fair of May Fair I. ii. ii. 251 ‘Spa, or Doncaster!’ reiterated the coquette. ‘Greenwich or Highgate!—What have I to do with the Pouhon or the Leger?’ 1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children I. xvii. 206 Who would like to bet me fifteen to one in hundreds against the two events,—the Derby and the Leger? 1924 J. Galsworthy Forest ii. i. 41 I'd give all mine [sc. my ancestors] to know what's won the Leger. 2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. We're very happy with him and he seems to be in good form since. Hopefully he will progress on to the Leger. Compounds Leger day n. the day (in September) on which the St Leger is run; cf. Derby day n. at Derby n. 1b. ΚΠ 1836 Times 22 Sept. 6/5 None but those who have witnessed it can form an idea of the excitement displayed at Doncaster on the Leger day. 1887 Baily's Monthly Mag. Dec. 318 Special trains ran into Newcastle almost as freely as to Doncaster on a Leger day. 1917 Earl of Warwick Memories of 60 Years iii. 47 On Leger day I remember his coming to his box where I was sitting, a few minutes before the race was run. 2013 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 38 Last weekend..we hit those bookies with a 203/1 handicap double..at Doncaster on Leger day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † legeradj. Obsolete. = light adj.1 (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] lightOE leger1483 lightsome1578 light-weighted1802 lightweight1898 the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1483 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 425 Item, my Lord payde to the armerer of Flaunderes apon his leger harnes vj.s. viij.d. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxi. 382 Huon, who was lyger and light, lept by the syde of the serpent and gaue hym a great stroke. 1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce G iv b By his Physiognomy ye would iudge him leger and inconstant. 1603 W. Fowldes Strange Battell Frogs & Mise sig. D2 The lieger Mouse, lighter then thistle downe, And swift as wind..Vpon his shoulders nimbly leaps in hast. 1635 D. Person Varieties iii. 134 So to inevitable death of either, or both, and for nothing but a leger or slight French quarrell. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. 66 The Head-wheat is sieved and fanned but once; but the leger Sort is sieved and fanned twice. Derivatives legerly adv. [compare Middle French legerement, legierement, French légèrement (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French)] lightly. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Agiliter, nymbly, lightly, liegerly, quiuerly. 1665 T. Tanner Euphuia 68 Especially, when they are to court for advantage..the same that have been legerly dismist before, and have a sense of our ingratitude! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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