单词 | beek |
释义 | beekn. Scottish. A warming or basking in the heat, a bask. ΚΠ 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. ii. Prol. 76 Glaud by his Morning Ingle takes a Beek. 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 88 Life's just a wee bit Sunny beek, That bright, and brighter waxes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). beekv.1 Now only Scottish or northern dialect. 1. a. transitive and reflexive. To suffuse with genial warmth; to expose (oneself, one's limbs, etc.) to the pleasurable warmth of sun, fire, etc.In modern Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > to genial warmth beekc1230 baska1616 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (reflexive)] > to genial warmth beekc1230 summer1568 baska1616 c1230 [implied in: Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 269 Al þat pinende pik ne walde ham þunche bote a softe bekinde bað. (at beeking adj.)]. c1400 Bone Flor. 99 A gode fyre..To beyke hys boones by. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 552 Ane ynglis man, that lay bekand Hym by a fyre. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. ii. f. 10v Diogenes..was beking of him selfe in the son. 1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 26 The foolish fish, which beaking hir selfe neere the banke, suffereth the fisher to tickle..her. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 109 How aften at that ingle cheek Did I my frosty fingers beek. b. To season (wood) by exposure to heat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > season or preserve beek1483 beath1496 season1545 sap1725 kyanize1843 creosote1846 Paynize1850 Burnettize1867 Powellize1913 air-season1917 pressure-treat1922 recondition1931 seal1940 1483 Catholicon Anglicum 26 To beke wandes, explorare. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiiiv A good husbande hath his forkes and rakes made redy in the wynter before..and beyked, and than they wyll be harde, styffe, and dry. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 128 After-that wee have cutte our wilfes and saughes..wee sette our foreman and another to beakinge of them. 2. intransitive. To expose oneself to, or disport in, pleasurable warmth; to bask. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > be subjected or exposed to heat or fire [verb (intransitive)] > bask in genial warmth beekc1400 summer1568 toast1614 bask1694 c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1459 That Knyght es nothing to set by That..ligges bekeand in his bed. ?a1568 Wife Auchterm. in Bannatyne Poems 215 (Jam.) He saw the wif..sittand at ane fyre, beikand bawld. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. ii. 23 She and her Cat sit beeking in her Yard. 1799 H. Macneill Links o' Forth sig. Bii To sport on Pleasure's flowery brink, And beek a wee in Luve's warm blink. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † beekv.2 Obsolete. A term of the chase: see quot. c1470. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)] > take to the water beatc1470 beekc1470 c1470 Hors, Shepe, & G. (1822) 31 A herte, yf he be chasid, he wil desire to haue a ryuer..yf he take agayn the streme, he beteth or els he beeketh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1725v.1c1230v.2c1470 |
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