单词 | ploat |
释义 | ploatv. Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use. transitive. To pluck; to strip of feathers, wool, etc. Frequently figurative: to rob or plunder, to fleece; (also) to scold.First recorded in figurative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously upbraidc1290 bite1330 to gnap at1533 carp1550 cavil1581 carp1587 to pick at ——1603 to pick a hole (also holes) in1614 yark1621 vellicate1633 to peck at1641 snob1654 ploat1757 to get at ——1803 crab1819 to pick up1846 knock1892 snark1904 kvetchc1950 to pick nits1978 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)] reaveOE stripa1225 pill?c1225 robc1225 peela1250 despoil1297 raimc1300 spoilc1330 spoila1340 to pull a finch (also pigeon, plover, etc.)c1387 despoil1393 preya1400 spoila1400 spulyiea1400 unspoila1400 riflec1400 poll1490 to pill and poll1528 to poll and pill1528 exspoila1530 pilyie1539 devour?1542 plume1571 rive1572 bepill1574 fleece1575 to prey over1576 pread1577 disvaledge1598 despoliate1607 to make spoil of1613 expilate1624 to peel and poll1641 depredate1651 violatea1657 disvalise1672 to pick feathers off (a person)1677 to make stroy of1682 spoliate1699 pilfer1714 snabble1725 rump1815 vampire1832 sweat1847 ploat1855 vampirize1888 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of feathers or plumes deplumec1420 unfeather1483 plume1525 unplume1566 unfledge1598 implume1604 displume1623 pelt1692 ploat1855 1757 T. Gooday Chanticleer 38 If you're gull'd to trust a Bird Of Quality upon his Word, You then deserve alive to be Quite ploated, for Simplicity. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Plote, to pluck, to chide vehemently, ‘See how she plotes him’. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 131 To Ploat, to pluck the feathers off a fowl... ‘They'll ploat him’, fleece him. 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 431 The geese 'ill niver feel ye ploat. 1988 M. Figgis Stormy Monday in Coll. Screenplays 1 (2002) 46 Bouncer 1. Are you going? Bouncer 2. Or is he going to ploat you? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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