单词 | poil |
释义 | † poiln.1 Obsolete. 1. Scottish. A fabric with a nap or pile. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with pile or nap nap1374 poil1582 pile1843 1582 Edinb. Test. X. f. 289, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Poill Foure eln & ane half of Lyones poill. 1609 Edinb. Test. XLV. f. 115, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Poill Poill at xx s. the elne. 1624 Edinb. Test. LII. f. 207, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Poill Four staines poill woll at xij lb. the staine wecht. 2. The hair or fur of an animal; esp. fine hair, down. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > down mosiness1538 downc1540 mossiness1625 poil1647 duvet1934 1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 17 Should he on Widgeon, or on Woodcock feed, It were (Thyestes-like) on his owne breed. To poile he pleads a superstition due, But not a mouth is muzled by the Jew. 1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 180 Its Substance was crumbling..like the Membrane of the Bladder, having a fungous Poile on it. 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 18 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 51 The Buffaloe I killed yesterday had cast his long hare, and the poil which remained was very thick, fine, and about 2 inches in length. 1854 J. V. Huntington tr. G. Franchère Narr. of Voy. to Northwest Coast of Amer. 267 These animals have the hair, or poil, of a reddish brown, and strong fore-paws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † poiln.2 Obsolete. rare. A furnace, a stove. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] oveneOE furnacea1225 chimney1340 fire-stock1440 firework1606 fire room1657 firehole1682 poil1756 smut1819 blast-pot1887 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove stove1604 furnace1691 fire stove1699 stow1730 poil1756 stove-fire1769 hypocaust1829 magazine stove1875 1756 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 374 He would find the ashes in the poil or furnace where they were burnt. 1756 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 377 They immediately put them into the poil or furnace, and set fire to them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < |
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