单词 | mudge |
释义 | mudgen.1 Scottish. A movement. Frequently in to make a mudge (cf. to make a move at move n. 3c). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > a movement charec1325 stirring1340 mudge1808 move1827 jee1829 shift1831 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Mudge, a motion, the act of stirring. 1886 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends (1887) xviii. 132 The least mudge on the part o' ony o' the bairns after the licht was oot..was sure to be magnifeed into something dreadfu'. 1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Bonnie Brier Bush iv. 43 There wasna ane o' them made a mudge. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 19 In sudden fear he strave to rise An' niver a mudge could mak. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mudgen.2 English regional (midlands). Now rare. Mud, sludge. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > mud loamc725 fenc897 addleOE fanc1340 mudc1400 slutchc1400 slikec1425 slipc1440 slobber1440 sorec1440 sludge1649 mux1746 gutter1785 slakec1800 sposh1836 mudge1848 1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 59 Mudge,..the ground when moistened with rain into a thick consistence. 1849 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1889) 565/1 Mudge, mud; dirt. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 56/2 Morge, dirt in thin condition, sludge. 1902 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 191/2 [S. Worcestershire] Mudge [sludge, mud]. Compounds mudge hole n. a dirt-hole. ΚΠ 1877 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire 233 Mudge hole, a dirt hole, a soft boggy place, liable to give way under the weight of a cow. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester II. 233 Oo were welly marred in a mudge-hole. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mudgev.1 British regional (chiefly Scottish) and U.S. regional. 1. intransitive. To move from one's place; = budge v.1 1. Usually in negative contexts. Also: to move slowly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > begin to move or move slightly stirc950 budgea1592 mudge1790 1790 A. Tait Poems & Songs 53 Nor from the bar shall he e'er mudge. 1803 J. Jamieson Water Kelpie in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 361 Thai dare na mudge for fricht. 1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 38 161 One never mudged for hours. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Mudge, to stir, to move, or shift. ‘You must not mudge.’ ‘I have never mudged.’ 1914 N. Munro New Road viii Back to the blankets, lad, the pair of us, and never mudge. 1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 48 Mudge, to move along slowly, to work in a leisurely way..obsolescent. 2. transitive. To change the position of, to shift (something); = budge v.1 2. Also with in. Usually in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > in different position changea1375 movea1382 shifta1400 skifta1400 transpose?1518 shiften1544 transplace1621 trans-situate1630 translocate1650 shuffle1694 mudge1823 relocate1829 translaya1861 to change around1871 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxxv. 309 I'll no' mudge the ba' o' my muckle tae in ony sic road. 1875 A. Smith New Hist. Aberdeenshire ii. 696 They could'na mudge the brig. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) Aa canna mudge'd; it's ower hivvy. 1932 M. Bell Pickles & Ploys 43 If we're a goal doon in the second half, slip roond an' moodge in oor goalposts a bit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mudgev.2 Perhaps English regional. Obsolete. transitive. To bruise or crush (hops). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > injure by striking > bruise bruiseOE forbruisec1386 to-bruisea1400–50 contuse?1541 surbate1590 sugillate1623 bruslea1625 maula1627 contund1654 sugill1663 blacken1808 to black up1821 mudge1848 contusion1871 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 576 Hops may be pressed warmer than they can be trod, without breaking or mudging them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.11808n.21848v.11790v.21848 |
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