单词 | noseling |
释义 | noselingadj.adv. As a gloss for Latin adjectives: supine. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 64a Suppinus, noselynge or whalued. B. adv. Face downwards, on the nose. Cf. neselong adv. at nese n. Compounds. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adverb] > face neselonga1400 noselinga1450 face up1809 a1450 (?1409) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Royal) 67 (MED) Þyulk sowles lay noselyng on the grownd and grouelyng. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 989 He felle downe noselynge to the shippebourde. c1475 Seven Sages (Egerton) (1933) 752 (MED) Noselyng [v.r. grovelyng; c1330 Auch. þe child lai diueling]. a1896 W. Morris Goldilocks & Goldilocks in Coll. Wks. (1910–11) IX. 238 Then Goldilocks cried out and smote, And the sharp blade sheared the evil throat. The head fell noseling to the floor. 1940 T. H. White Ill-made Knight xix. 127 Walloped Bruce on the head so that he knocked him noseling, clean off his horse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1425 |
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