单词 | lockering |
释义 | † lockeringn. Obsolete. With reference to hair: curliness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > curly > state of being crispheadc1440 crispnessc1440 lockering?c1475 curledness1530 crispation1626 curliness1818 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 75 A lokyrynge of hede [1483 BL Add. 89074 a Lokyrynge of ye hede], cincinnosus, cincinnaculus, crispitudo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † lockeringadj. Scottish. Obsolete. Esp. with reference to hair or fur: curly, curling.Quot. a1914 is a version of the same traditional ballad given in quot. 1766 at locker v. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curled or curling crimpedeOE crumpled14.. lockering1513 curled1577 frizzled1596 curling1632 craped1728 incrispated1747 rolled1752 scrolly1845 scrolled1863 crimpy1871 quirled1893 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 127 Hevinly lylleis, with lokerand toppis quhyte. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xii. 63 A felloun bustuus and gret lyoun skyn, Terrible and rouch, wyth taty lokyrand haris. ?a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Buik King Alexander the Conquerour (1986–90) l. 503 His mayne wes crist, and lokkerand hingand doun, Curland as dois þe craig of ane lioun. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Lokkerand When your hair's white, you would have it lokkering..spoken of one that is immodest or immoderate in his desires. a1914 G. Greig & A. Keith Last Leaves (1925) 157 Your gloves shall be the lockerin clover, That grows in yonder wan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?c1475adj.1513 |
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