单词 | mouse-foot |
释义 | † mouse-footn. Obsolete. 1. by the mouse-foot: used as a mild oath. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene loOE spi?c1225 how mischance——?c1330 with mischance!c1330 by my hoodc1374 by my sheath1532 by the mouse-foot1550 what the (also a) goodyear1570 bread and salt1575 by Jove1575 in (good) truly1576 by these hilts1598 by the Lord Harry1693 by the pody cody1693 by jingo!1694 splutter1707 by jing!1786 I snore1790 declare1811 by the hokey1825 shiver my timbers1834 by the (great) horn spoon1842 upon my Sam1879 for goodness' sake1885 yerra1892 for the love of Mike1896 by the hokey fiddle1922 knickers1971 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Bvi By the crosse of the mouse fote. 1565 King Daryus sig. Bi By the mouse foote I charge you to appere. ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 232 Bith mouse foote do so Mr. 1605 London Prodigall ii. ii I'll come and visit you; by the mouse-foot I will. 1789 F. G. Waldron King in Country i. 8 I hope that's well spoken; for, by the mouse-foot, some give him hard words. 2. A plant (not identified) resembling or suggestive of a mouse's foot. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 Plants..receiued names from this litle beast, as..Mouse-foot, and such like. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1550 |
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