单词 | pendicle |
释义 | pendiclen. Originally and chiefly Scottish. 1. Scottish. a. A small piece of ground, a cottage, etc., forming a dependent or subsidiary part of an estate; (in later use esp.) such a part separately sublet. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a landed property or estate > a dependent part of an estate pendicle1420 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > leasehold land or tenement > types of pendicle1420 cottage1467 horseman's beda1687 cottagery1697 flatshare1965 1420 Pitfirrane Writs No. 14 (N.L.S. Chart. 6014) The said landis of Balmongy pendikil til the lordschip of More cambous. 1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 271/1 He clamis þe sammyn [lands] to pertene to him..as a pendicle & annexum of þe lordschip of bothuile. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 43 The said castell,..parkis, medowis, pairtis and pendeculis thairof and thair pertinentis. a1649 in W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 157 That none of them trouble or molest Mr. William Drummond of Hawthornden his said Lands,..with Houses, Biggings, Yards, Parts, Pendicles, and Pertinents thereof. c1686 Depredations Clan Campbell (1816) 74 Out of the lands of Drumurk, Keppochan and its pendicles. 1721 R. Wodrow Church Hist. (1828) II. 76 Dependances, parts, pendicles, and pertinents thereof whatsomever. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 129 These feudal vassals let smaller lots..to the husbandmen; and these again sub-let pendicles to the great body of the labouring people. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian To Rdr. in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 3 Disclaiming all intention of purchasing that pendicle or pofle of land called the Carlinescroft. 1881 Edinb. Rev. July 279 To roll into one conveniently-sized farm, several of the small, often scattered, parts, pendicles, and pertinents. 1925 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace 252 Oh, wae the day the puir man tint it, His cot an' pendicle ahint it! 1994 Business Hist. Oct. 333 The land held varied in its description from farm to croft or pendicle. b. gen. A thing dependent on another; a subsidiary, an appurtenance, an appendage. ΚΠ 1461 Burgh Court Bk. Newburgh f. 6v The pendakyll swld nocht be declarit quhyl the pryncipail war excludit. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 16 Fra þe begynnyng of lavyne to þe begynnyng of Alba þe colony and pendikillis þareof war xxx ȝeris. a1595 Descr. Isles Scotl. in W. Skene Celtic Scotl. (1880) III. App. iii. 428 The remanent..Iles were reknit but as pertinents and pendicles of the said four Iles. 1609 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 448 The keiping of the saidis signettis shall be..a particular pendicle of the said office of secretarie. a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 134 It seims they mind to make that shirefship follow the chancelor's office as a pendicle theirof. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. III. 330 The Parsonage of Stobo..having four churches belonging to it, which were called the Pendicles of Stobo. 1821 Montrose Chron. 5 Jan. She sets to work and relates the various parts and pendicles of dress which she observed upon this person and the next one. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 107 A pendicle of Silverado mine. 1906 Daily Chron. 1 Dec. 3/1 The Scottish capital was then an independent centre of literature, and not, as is the case to-day, the mere pendicle of London. 1987 Amer. Hist. Rev. 92 (Suppl.) 136/2 The Scots feared their country might become a mere ‘pendicle’ of England. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > pendant pendantc1400 pendicle1488 drop1502 pennon1546 pendeloque1623 bob1648 pendulea1699 pear drop1785 dropperc1825 tassel-drop1849 hanger- 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 85 Item, a ruf and pendiclis of the same. 1560 in Registrum Cartarum Ecclesie Sancti Egidii (1859) p. xlvii The sacrament clayth of clayth of gold, with Sanct Gelis coitt, and the litill pendekle of reid veluett that hang at his feit. 1582 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 36v Tuelf buckillis of siluer and xxij pendesis damasket..for the fassioun of ilk buckill with twa pendeclis. 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. f. 112v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Ane pendicle and ane pair of new courtingis. 1666 Peebles Burgh Rec. II. 73 The silver arrow which wants the ridge or fether and ane hanging pendicle. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent 59 The natives dress their hair in long ringlets,..adorned with pendicles of copper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1420 |
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