单词 | bangle |
释义 | banglen. A ring-bracelet or anklet. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > arm or leg ornament > [noun] shackle1571 bangle1787 1787 Archaeologia 8 256 The ankles and wrists ornamented with large rings or bangles. 1798 C. Greville in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 405 The venders of glass bangles. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. ii. 45 The women..wear..gold bangles upon their arms and legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † banglev. Obsolete or dialect. Categories » 1. Originally of hawks: To beat about, flutter aimlessly, in the air, instead of making direct for the quarry. See bangling adj. 2. to bangle (away): to fritter away, squander. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) i. ii. iii. x. 107 We bangle away our best daies, befoole out our times. 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker i. i Thy titles are so bangld with thy debts. 1658 Whole Duty of Man (1684) xvi. §18. 134 If we wilfully bangle away this so precious a Legacy. [In Lanc. (Halliwell).] 3. intransitive. To flap, hang loosely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or be suspended [verb (intransitive)] > hang down > dangle danglec1590 dandle1614 bangle1622 dingle-dangle1632 1622 T. Stoughton Christians Sacrifice xii. 166 Hats..broad brimmed..bangling about the eares of men, and hiding their faces. 1878 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (ed. 9) (at cited word) A bangled hat means one bent down or slouched. Categories » 4. dialect. To beat down (e.g. corn by wind or rain). 5. bangle ear n. (also bangled ear) one hanging loosely or flapping, like a spaniel's; hence bangle-eared adj.In modern dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > lop-ears bangle ear1567 loll-ears1581 lop-ears1692 flop-ear1879 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having ears > bangle-eared bangle-eared1567 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Fiiijv A sight of bangle eared houndes. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 77 I hold him prudent, that in these fastidious times, will helpe..bangled ears, with pretty quicke pluckes. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Bangle-Ears, an Imperfection in a Horse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1787v.1567 |
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