单词 | basilicock |
释义 | † basilicockn. Obsolete. = basilisk n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical types of serpent (miscellaneous) > basilisk or cockatrice basiliska1300 basilicock1340 cockatricea1382 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 28 Þanne is he [the envious] of þe kende of þe baselycoc, uor no grenhede ne may yleste beuore hym. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋778 That sleeth right as the Basilicok [v.r. Baselycok] sleeth folk by the venym of his sighte. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 77 Basylicocks [have]..the heed lyke a cocke and body of a serpent. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Ivv Like a Cockatrise, or Basilicock, which slay or kill men with the poison of their sighte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1340 |
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