单词 | pair of pinsons |
释义 | > as lemmaspair of pinsons (A pair of) pincers, forceps. In early use also: pliers, tongs. Esp. in pair of pinsons. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers tongsc725 tongsc890 pinsons1356 turkis1390 pincersa1400 twitches?a1425 pinching iron1519 pincette?1533 spinsers1539 pincher1573 twitcher1573 tenailles1597 quitch1600 tenalia1603 forceps1634 vellicle1676 snapdragon1833 α. β. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 400 Pynsone [?a1475 Winch. Pynson], to drawe owt tethe, dentaria.1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 531 A pair of pinson.1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 283 (MED) [One pair of] pynsouns. 1357 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 560 (MED) Stanaxes, Hakkes, pikkes, chesels et pinceouns ponenend. et acuand. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 132 (MED) I aforce me to remeue þilke partie þat prickiþ wiþ pynsouns [v.r. pynsones; L. piccario]. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 15827 (MED) In hyr hand..A gret hamer I beheld, And in the tother hand she held A peyre off pynsouns ek ther-wyth. 1550 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. ii. xxxiii. 538 A pair of pinsons, a little pot, and a guispin. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1010/2 His nose with sharpe pynsons was violently pluckt from his face. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 23 His fleshe by gobbets was nipt of with burnynge pyncheons. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. xcvi. 383 Grope the hoofe with a paire of pinsons. 1673 in N. W. Alcock People at Home (1993) v. 74 A hatchett, a bill, a hammer and pinsins. 1723 Parish Accts. Grandborough in Mod. Lang. Rev. (1951) 46 326 A fork & aspiade & a pare of pinsons 0-1-3. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 109 For though the Halter tamed hath the Curs Or Pinsons Cured have their tooth ach urrs. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Pinsons Gie me the omber [=hammer] an' pinsons 'ere, an' I'll soon fatch the nail out. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Pinsons,..(2) a dentist's forceps. ‘I was staït enough than he drawed th' pinsons aït.’ 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiv. 140 By historical rather than whimsical twists of the tongue, pincers often became pinsons or pinchers. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 227/2 Pinsons, pincers. < as lemmas |
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