† mint-whilen.

Forms: late Middle English minti while, late Middle English mynte while, late Middle English mynt while, late Middle English myn while.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: minute while at minute n.¹ 6b

Etymology: Variant of minute while at minute n.¹ 6b, with elision of the vowel of the second syllable. Compare mint n.⁴

Obsolete. rare.

The duration of a minute.

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the world > time > period > minute > [noun]

minutea1393

mint-whilec1400

minute tide1492

min1588

scruple of an hour1603

M1670

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. 217 (MED) An vnredy reue þi residue shal spene, That menye mothþe was [maister] ynne in a mynte-while.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xx. 192 Isykles in euesynges thorgh hete of þe sonne Melteþ in a mynt while [c1400 B text mynut while] to myst and to water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mint-while
释义	† mint-whilen. Forms: late Middle English minti while, late Middle English mynte while, late Middle English mynt while, late Middle English myn while. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: minute while at minute n.¹ 6b Etymology: Variant of minute while at minute n.¹ 6b, with elision of the vowel of the second syllable. Compare mint n.⁴ Obsolete. rare. The duration of a minute. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > minute > [noun] minutea1393 mint-whilec1400 minute tide1492 min1588 scruple of an hour1603 M1670 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. 217 (MED) An vnredy reue þi residue shal spene, That menye mothþe was [maister] ynne in a mynte-while. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xx. 192 Isykles in euesynges thorgh hete of þe sonne Melteþ in a mynt while [c1400 B text mynut while] to myst and to water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400
随便看	to give a person what for to give a person's respects to to give a piece of one's mind to give a push to give a rap full to give a rattle to give a re-rub to give a reason to give a record a re-rub to give a record a rerub to give a repulse to give a rerub to give a rest to give a ring to give a rocket to give a roland for an oliver to give a room a good sweep to give a rough ride to give a rouse to give a run for etc money to give a run for her money to give a run for his money to give a runaround to give a rush to give a sail a rap full