单词 | mowl |
释义 | † mowlv. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. = mow v.3 1. Only in to mope and mowl. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort fleer?a1400 mowc1450 snowrec1450 to make (also pull) a facec1522 to throw one's facea1525 pot1549 mop1567 murgeonc1586 to cut facesa1616 wrimple1657 work1753 grimace1762 mowl1837 wrinkle1843 mug1856 girn1900 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. iv. 27 With these it is a hollow phantasmagory, where like mimes they mope and mowl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1837 |
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