单词 | muslin kale |
释义 | > as lemmasmuslin kale muslin kale n. [perhaps in allusion to its thinness] Scottish broth made from water, shelled barley, and vegetables, without any meat stock. ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Poems 76 I'll sit down o'er my scanty meal, Be't water-brose, or muslin-kail, Wi' cheerfu' face. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Barefoot-broth, Barefit-kail, Broth made with a little butter, without any meat having been boiled in it;..also denominated Muslin-kail, Lentrin-kail, and more literally Fleshless-kail. 1887 W. Philip Covedale x Slave wi their noses i the yird for a sup muslin kale or a cloot o brose. < as lemmas |
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