liltn.

Brit.

/lɪlt/, U.S.

/lɪlt/

Etymology: apparently < lilt v.

1. A song or tune, esp. one of a cheerful or merry character. Chiefly Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > joyful song

carol1303

lilt1728

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evangel1842

1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to W. Starrat 26 The blythest lilts that e'er my lugs heard sung.

17.. Jacobite Relics (1821) II. 193 Is't some words ye've learnt by rote, Or a lilt o' dool and sorrow?

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy v. 52 To the tune of a well known rollicking Irish lilt.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xx. 298 Hark to the grand lilt of the ‘Good Time Coming!’

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xvi. 133 A peasant..suddenly takes up a pipe..and commences to play a lilt.

2. The rhythmical cadence or ‘swing’ of a tune or of verse. Chiefly literary.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun]

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measurea1525

mode1561

casure1565

moodc1570

rhythm1576

rhyme1586

stotc1590

dimension1597

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cadence1605

time1609

cadency1628

movement1683

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metre1873

tempus1889

riddim1943

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > lilt or swing

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lilt1841

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 147 It proceeds as by a chaunt... One reads along naturally with a sort of lilt.

1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iii. 123 The metaphysical subtlety of Greek, its rich variety.., and the sonorous lilt of its epic verse, all contrast..with the grave unbending stateliness of the Hebrew.

1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 289 The lines go with a lilt, and sing themselves to music of their own.

figurative.1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 336 This faculty of hitting the precise lilt of thought is a rare gift.1879 A. Trollope Thackeray 75 An eagerness of description, a lilt, if I may so call it, in the progress of the narrative.

3. A springing action; a light, springing step.

ΚΠ

1869 A. C. Gibson Folk-speech Cumberland 37 Wid a lilt iv her step an' a glent iv her e'e.

1884 Daily News 23 Sept. 6/1 A sort of ‘lilt’ in the gait, which is by no means graceful.

4. (See quot. 1776) ? Obsolete. Cf. lill n.¹

ΚΠ

1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 258 Gloss. Lilts, the holes of a wind instrument of musick; hence Lilt up a spring.

1832 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. 119 A rambling, rattling chiel' he had been in his young days, and could play weel on the pipes;..and he had the finest finger for the back-lilt between Berwick and Carlisle.

Compounds

lilt-like adj.

ΚΠ

1866 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 246/3 Many of the songs have that lilt-like quality which almost makes them sing themselves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

liltv.

Brit.

/lɪlt/, U.S.

/lɪlt/, Scottish English

/lɪlt/

Forms: Also Middle English lulte, 1500s lylt.

Etymology: Middle English lulte (ü ), of obscure origin; perhaps cognate with Dutch, Low German lul , pipe (compare lilt-pipe n.); Skeat compares Norwegian lilla to sing.

Scottish, northern dialect, and literary.

1. transitive.

†a. To sound (an alarum); to lift up (the voice). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > sound as signal [verb (transitive)] > sound (an alarm)

liltc1400

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] > rouse to awareness of danger > sound (an alarm)

liltc1400

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter > employ (voice) in utterance

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lilt1513

versea1533

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1207 Loude alarom vpon launde lulted was þenne.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 88 In ane bowand horne.. A feindlych hellis voce scho lyltis schyll [L. Tartaream intendit vocem].

b. To sing cheerfully or merrily. Also, to strike up (a song); to ‘tune up’ (the pipes). Also with out.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > cause to be merry [verb (transitive)] > sing merrily

lilt17..

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing jovially

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique

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tinkle1582

divide1590

shake1611

slur1746

da capo1764

rattlea1766

to run over ——1789

skirl1818

spread?1822

develop1838

arpeggio1864

propose1864

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lilt1916

jazzify1927

thump1929

schmaltz1936

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stroke1969

funkify1973

scratch1984

scratch-mix1985

17.. A. Ramsay To Gay Lilt up your pipes, and rise aboon Your Trivia and your moorland tune.

1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 35 Lilt up a Sang.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iv Rosie lilts sweetly the ‘Milking the ewes’.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i Weel liltet, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. iii What shepherd's whistle winna lilt the spring?

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. vii. 145 She..tripped merrily on, lilting a tune to supply the lack of conversation.

1878 Miss Tytler Scotch Firs 136 An old song lilted in a clear shrill voice.

1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) vi. 47 Reed-wrens lilting some sweet fragment of song.

1916 A. Bennett Lion's Share xxv. 191 Musa lilted out the delicate, gay phrases of Debussy.

2. intransitive. To sing cheerfully or merrily; to sing with a lilt or merry ‘swing’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > be merry [verb (intransitive)] > sing merrily

carolc1369

chirrup1775

lilt1787

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing jovially

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trollolla1734

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1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 214 Mak haste an' turn king David owre, An' lilt wi' holy clangor.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 180 Jenny, whose shrill voice I have heard this half hour lilting in the tartarean regions of the kitchen.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xviii Murphy, who presided in the cart full of fiddlers like a leader in an orchestra..shouted ‘Now..rasp and lilt away, boys!’

1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 24/1 A voice came lilting up the den very sweetly.

3. northern dialect. ‘To move with a lively action’ (Dickinson & Prevost Cumbld. Gloss. 1899).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > jauntily

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1834 W. Wordsworth Redbreast 70 Whether the bird flit here or there, O'er table lilt, or perch on chair.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Lilt, to jerk or spring; to do anything cleverly or quickly. North.

1901 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 79 He lilted a little on his feet when he was pleased.

1901 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 80 He went to England, and he became a young man, and back he came, lilting a little in his walk.

4. to lilt it out (Scottish): to toss off one's liquor.

ΚΠ

1721 A. Ramsay Up in Air iv Tilt it, lads, and lilt it out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lilt
释义	liltn. Brit. /lɪlt/, U.S. /lɪlt/ Etymology: apparently < lilt v. 1. A song or tune, esp. one of a cheerful or merry character. Chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > joyful song carol1303 lilt1728 revelry1810 evangel1842 1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to W. Starrat 26 The blythest lilts that e'er my lugs heard sung. 17.. Jacobite Relics (1821) II. 193 Is't some words ye've learnt by rote, Or a lilt o' dool and sorrow? 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy v. 52 To the tune of a well known rollicking Irish lilt. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xx. 298 Hark to the grand lilt of the ‘Good Time Coming!’ 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xvi. 133 A peasant..suddenly takes up a pipe..and commences to play a lilt. 2. The rhythmical cadence or ‘swing’ of a tune or of verse. Chiefly literary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] proportiona1387 measurea1525 mode1561 casure1565 moodc1570 rhythm1576 rhyme1586 stotc1590 dimension1597 sextupla1597 timing1597 rhythmus1603 cadence1605 time1609 cadency1628 movement1683 lilt1841 metre1873 tempus1889 riddim1943 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > lilt or swing swing1829 lilt1841 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 147 It proceeds as by a chaunt... One reads along naturally with a sort of lilt. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iii. 123 The metaphysical subtlety of Greek, its rich variety.., and the sonorous lilt of its epic verse, all contrast..with the grave unbending stateliness of the Hebrew. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 289 The lines go with a lilt, and sing themselves to music of their own. figurative.1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 336 This faculty of hitting the precise lilt of thought is a rare gift.1879 A. Trollope Thackeray 75 An eagerness of description, a lilt, if I may so call it, in the progress of the narrative. 3. A springing action; a light, springing step. ΚΠ 1869 A. C. Gibson Folk-speech Cumberland 37 Wid a lilt iv her step an' a glent iv her e'e. 1884 Daily News 23 Sept. 6/1 A sort of ‘lilt’ in the gait, which is by no means graceful. 4. (See quot. 1776) ? Obsolete. Cf. lill n.¹ ΚΠ 1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 258 Gloss. Lilts, the holes of a wind instrument of musick; hence Lilt up a spring. 1832 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. 119 A rambling, rattling chiel' he had been in his young days, and could play weel on the pipes;..and he had the finest finger for the back-lilt between Berwick and Carlisle. Compounds lilt-like adj. ΚΠ 1866 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 246/3 Many of the songs have that lilt-like quality which almost makes them sing themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). liltv. Brit. /lɪlt/, U.S. /lɪlt/, Scottish English /lɪlt/ Forms: Also Middle English lulte, 1500s lylt. Etymology: Middle English lulte (ü ), of obscure origin; perhaps cognate with Dutch, Low German lul , pipe (compare lilt-pipe n.); Skeat compares Norwegian lilla to sing. Scottish, northern dialect, and literary. 1. transitive. †a. To sound (an alarum); to lift up (the voice). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > sound as signal [verb (transitive)] > sound (an alarm) liltc1400 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] > rouse to awareness of danger > sound (an alarm) liltc1400 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter > employ (voice) in utterance speak1382 raisec1384 enhance1483 lilt1513 versea1533 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1207 Loude alarom vpon launde lulted was þenne. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 88 In ane bowand horne.. A feindlych hellis voce scho lyltis schyll [L. Tartaream intendit vocem]. b. To sing cheerfully or merrily. Also, to strike up (a song); to ‘tune up’ (the pipes). Also with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > cause to be merry [verb (transitive)] > sing merrily lilt17.. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing jovially troll1574 ditty1602 lilt17.. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique squeak1577 tinkle1582 divide1590 shake1611 slur1746 da capo1764 rattlea1766 to run over ——1789 skirl1818 spread?1822 develop1838 arpeggio1864 propose1864 recapitulate1873 jazz1915 lilt1916 jazzify1927 thump1929 schmaltz1936 belt1947 stroke1969 funkify1973 scratch1984 scratch-mix1985 17.. A. Ramsay To Gay Lilt up your pipes, and rise aboon Your Trivia and your moorland tune. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 35 Lilt up a Sang. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iv Rosie lilts sweetly the ‘Milking the ewes’. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i Weel liltet, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. iii What shepherd's whistle winna lilt the spring? 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. vii. 145 She..tripped merrily on, lilting a tune to supply the lack of conversation. 1878 Miss Tytler Scotch Firs 136 An old song lilted in a clear shrill voice. 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) vi. 47 Reed-wrens lilting some sweet fragment of song. 1916 A. Bennett Lion's Share xxv. 191 Musa lilted out the delicate, gay phrases of Debussy. 2. intransitive. To sing cheerfully or merrily; to sing with a lilt or merry ‘swing’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > be merry [verb (intransitive)] > sing merrily carolc1369 chirrup1775 lilt1787 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing jovially carolc1369 knacka1529 ditty1602 trollolla1734 chirrup1775 lilt1787 troll1879 1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 214 Mak haste an' turn king David owre, An' lilt wi' holy clangor. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 180 Jenny, whose shrill voice I have heard this half hour lilting in the tartarean regions of the kitchen. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xviii Murphy, who presided in the cart full of fiddlers like a leader in an orchestra..shouted ‘Now..rasp and lilt away, boys!’ 1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 24/1 A voice came lilting up the den very sweetly. 3. northern dialect. ‘To move with a lively action’ (Dickinson & Prevost Cumbld. Gloss. 1899). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > jauntily lilt1834 jaunt1890 1834 W. Wordsworth Redbreast 70 Whether the bird flit here or there, O'er table lilt, or perch on chair. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Lilt, to jerk or spring; to do anything cleverly or quickly. North. 1901 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 79 He lilted a little on his feet when he was pleased. 1901 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 80 He went to England, and he became a young man, and back he came, lilting a little in his walk. 4. to lilt it out (Scottish): to toss off one's liquor. ΚΠ 1721 A. Ramsay Up in Air iv Tilt it, lads, and lilt it out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728v.c1400
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