racklen.

Brit.

/ˈrak(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈræk(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ˈrak(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English rakyl; Scottish pre-1700 rakkill, pre-1700 reckle, pre-1700 1700s– rackle, 1900s– racle, 1900s– rakel.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: reckon n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < reckon n.¹ (compare variants at that entry), with alteration of ending (see -le suffix 1), perhaps after shackle n.¹

Chiefly Scottish. Now rare.

A chain.In quot. 1929: a short fine chain attached to the stem of a pipe to hold the lid and cleaning pin.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > chain

chainc1300

carolc1425

racklea1500

link1570

chainage1611

slang1819

team1828

slag1857

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > chain

reckoneOE

rakenteieOE

chaina1382

racklea1500

a1500 tr. Lady Prioress in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 113 (MED) He dyght hym in a dyvelles garment..He cam in at the chyrch dore..Rynnyng, roryng, wythe hys rakyls, as devilles semyd to doo.

c1603 R. Lindesay Cron. Scot. (1814) 190 Ane faire blowing horne, in ane reckle of gold borne and tipped with fyne gold at both the endis.

c1626 A. Garden Theatre Sc. Worthies (1878) 100 Thow boldlie..broke Th'vnright'ous rackles of the Romish yoke.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 348 Johne Leith of Harthill wes wairdit, going with ane rakkill of iron about his foot.

1726 in W. Cramond Church of Grange (1898) 89 Through ane unaccountable tolling of the bell..the tows and rackle are frequently broken.

1757 Arbirlot Kirk Session Rec. 23 Feb. To James Smith for a Lock to the Church Door and a Rackle to the Bell Tow £1.

?1794 in Sc. Notes & Queries (1905) 2nd Ser. 6 183/2 Murdered g'aists roun' murd'rers clinket Their iron rackles.

1879 T. Ormond in A. L. Fenton Forfar Poets 113 But I'll be a Provost an' sit i' the chair, Wi' the robe an' the rackle, an' Bailie nae mair.

1909 J. Tennant Jeannie Jaffray 84 A silver rakel belt for a girdle.

1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 9 He hid aye the rackle an' the pin at it—that wis the chyne 'at heeld the lid, and the pin wis to redd the pipe wi'.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rackleadj.

Brit.

/ˈrak(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈræk(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ˈrak(ə)l/

Forms:

α. Middle English rachel, Middle English racul, Middle English rakele, Middle English rakil, Middle English rakill, Middle English rakille, Middle English rakyll (in a late copy), Middle English (1800s English regional (Yorkshire)) rakel, Middle English–1500s racle, Middle English–1500s rakell, Middle English–1500s rakle, Middle English–1500s rakyl, Middle English– rackle, 1600s rackel, 1800s rakell (English regional (Cheshire)); Scottish pre-1700 rakill, pre-1700 1800s rackel, 1700s– rackle, 1800s rachle, 1800s rackil, 1800s racle.

β. Middle English rechel, Middle English recle, Middle English rekill, Middle English rekkelle, Middle English–1500s rekel.

γ. Scottish 1700s– raucle, 1800s rauckle, 1800s raughel, 1800s raukle, 1800s– rauchle, 1900s– rauchel; Irish English (northern) 1900s– raughle.

δ. Scottish 1800s ruckle.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rake v.¹, -le suffix 1

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < rake v.¹ + -le suffix 1.In β. forms perhaps influenced by reckless adj. Some examples, such as quot. 1587 at sense 1, might perhaps alternatively be taken as showing an adjective parallel to rakell n.

Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern)

1. Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless; rough, crude. Also: sturdy in old age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > foolishly or recklessly

hastivec1300

racklec1300

hastya1375

foolhastya1393

headya1425

properant1531

headlonga1533

steep1601

precipitate1607

precipitant1608

proclive1609

precipitious1612

precipitous1646

precipitating1681

ram-stam1786

precipit1922

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless

recklesseOE

redmodOE

unreckless?c1225

hastivec1300

racklec1300

testyc1374

rabbisha1387

temeraryc1410

temerous1461

rash1509

temerarious1532

hare-brained1548

temerarec1550

hare-brain1566

hot-spurred1573

overrash1577

hotspur1586

madcap1591

wretchless1598

Phaetontic1608

zeal-blind1615

Phaetontal1617

unresponsable1619

Phaetontical1630

phaetonicala1640

Phaetonic1708

hell-bent1731

harum-scarum1751

unresponsible1764

suicidal1768

rumgumptious1781

shy1787

devil-may-care1799

bullheaded1818

devil-may-carish1825

temeritous1892

kamikaze1952

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > specifically of person

roughc1415

rudec1450

rackle1570

rowdy1835

c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 1073 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 37 (MED) To rakele þo þei were, ȝware fore þo huy fullen þere.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 526 (MED) He þat is to rakel to renden his cloþez Mot efte sitte with more vnsounde to sewe hem to-geder.

a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 512 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 406 The kyng, nat rakel, but of hih prudence.

c1475 Advice to Lovers in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 30 (MED) To wyving be thou nat racle, Beware of hast thouhe she behest to please.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Li/2 Rakyl, insolens.

1587 A. Day tr. J. Amyot Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. O3^v Accompanied with a number of rude rakell fellowes, encountered with hir one morning as she was driving hir flocks, and offering violence vnto hir shee skritched alowd.

c1670 Poor Man's Cup in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 10 Samson was a Rackel and Rough-handed Saint, ready to Pelt the Philistines on all occasions.

?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 200 Then niest outspak a raucle Carlin, Wha kent fu' weel to cleek the sterlin.

1826 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay i. lxvi Te guide a rackle ram-stam wife.

1836 Fraser's Mag. May 617 I hae had but two gudemen, stout, rackle chaps, baith o' them.

1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 166 He'll find her [sc. Britain] yet the same in war—A raucle, ready-haundit kimmer.

1876 E. Waugh Hermit Cobbler (Lancash. dial.) 29 Is there ony news o' that rackle (reckless) brother o' thine?

1928 Scots Mag. May 142 Aye, he wis Scotch eneuch noo—raucle a'maist, ye micht say.

2. Of an emotion or action, etc.: bold, rash, crude; (of speech) rough, blunt; (of things) sturdy, robust.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless > specifically of actions, feelings, etc.

recklessOE

racklec1405

savagec1425

rash1533

hot-brained1556

rashful1567

blindfold1593

lavish1600

wretchless1607

blind1615

hand over head1682

wild goose1770

plunging1798

wild cat1890

(like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1896

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 235 Wostow wher of a rakel [v.rr. rakyl, rachel, racle] tonge serueth.

?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 83 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 61/2 His rakil wit only to him souffysith.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 429 He nought forgat his goode governaunce, But in hymself with manhod gan restreyne Ech racle [v.r. rackle] dede and ech unbridled cheere.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 21 (MED) Oure witte were rakyl and ovyr don bad to fforfete Ageyns oure lordys wyll.

c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune A ij Thy tounge is racle, thy wit is rechles.

c1780 M. Lonsdale in S. Gilpin Songs & Ballads Cumberland (1866) 281 This ye'll say was rackle deed.

1786 R. Burns Poems 36 Auld Scotland has a raucle tongue.

1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick I. xv. 220 Our bit curragh's no that rackle sin it got a stave..on the Partan-rock.

1863 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie 111 Wha's rauckle tongue frae morn till nicht wad like a clapper gang.

1945 Scots Mag. Dec. 79 Those throat-searchings and raucle mouthings..which so many believe to be one of the virtues of the vernacular.

1986 W. Kay Scots (1988) 109 The thrawn auld raucle tongue still came naturally to most Scots.

Compounds

rackle-handed adj. having strong, powerful hands (literal and figurative).

ΚΠ

1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose 617 Samson, that rackle-handed Saint, never ceased from pelting them upon all Occasions.

1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 39 I suspect this will be a very rackle-handed committee.

1823 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Sept. 339 Though country justices may sometimes be what is vulgarly called rackle-handed, they are, withal, efficient and thorough-going.

c1850 R. Peattie in Sc. National Dict. at Raucle Rackel-handit smiddy Jock, A' blackened ower wi' coom an' smoke.

1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow 56 I'm just a hame-bred, rackle-handed bit thing.

1988 R. Vettese Richt Noise 48 He's rackle-handed and I feel still his brosie glasp hauddin ticht my bairnlie fingers.

rackle-tongued adj. blunt, rough-tongued.

ΚΠ

1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 198 Ye'll maybe think that I'm a wee thocht raucle-tongued, that is, a kenning loud, and barefaced in my way.

1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 46 Baith canker'd auld carlie, an' raucle-tongued jaudie.

1908 J. Lumsden Doun i' th' Loudons 25 Tho' rauckled [sic] -tongued an' leein'-mou'd ye be.

1981 Eng. World-wide 2 i. 6 Bit ye will threip it is raucle-tongued.

rackle-pate n. a rash, heedless fellow.

ΚΠ

1895 West Cumberland Times (Christmas No.) (Suppl.) 3/2 What the hangment's thoo duen here, thoo young racklepate?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rackle
释义	racklen. Brit. /ˈrak(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈræk(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈrak(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English rakyl; Scottish pre-1700 rakkill, pre-1700 reckle, pre-1700 1700s– rackle, 1900s– racle, 1900s– rakel. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: reckon n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < reckon n.¹ (compare variants at that entry), with alteration of ending (see -le suffix 1), perhaps after shackle n.¹ Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. A chain.In quot. 1929: a short fine chain attached to the stem of a pipe to hold the lid and cleaning pin. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > chain chainc1300 carolc1425 racklea1500 link1570 chainage1611 slang1819 team1828 slag1857 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > chain reckoneOE rakenteieOE chaina1382 racklea1500 a1500 tr. Lady Prioress in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 113 (MED) He dyght hym in a dyvelles garment..He cam in at the chyrch dore..Rynnyng, roryng, wythe hys rakyls, as devilles semyd to doo. c1603 R. Lindesay Cron. Scot. (1814) 190 Ane faire blowing horne, in ane reckle of gold borne and tipped with fyne gold at both the endis. c1626 A. Garden Theatre Sc. Worthies (1878) 100 Thow boldlie..broke Th'vnright'ous rackles of the Romish yoke. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 348 Johne Leith of Harthill wes wairdit, going with ane rakkill of iron about his foot. 1726 in W. Cramond Church of Grange (1898) 89 Through ane unaccountable tolling of the bell..the tows and rackle are frequently broken. 1757 Arbirlot Kirk Session Rec. 23 Feb. To James Smith for a Lock to the Church Door and a Rackle to the Bell Tow £1. ?1794 in Sc. Notes & Queries (1905) 2nd Ser. 6 183/2 Murdered g'aists roun' murd'rers clinket Their iron rackles. 1879 T. Ormond in A. L. Fenton Forfar Poets 113 But I'll be a Provost an' sit i' the chair, Wi' the robe an' the rackle, an' Bailie nae mair. 1909 J. Tennant Jeannie Jaffray 84 A silver rakel belt for a girdle. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 9 He hid aye the rackle an' the pin at it—that wis the chyne 'at heeld the lid, and the pin wis to redd the pipe wi'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rackleadj. Brit. /ˈrak(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈræk(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈrak(ə)l/ Forms: α. Middle English rachel, Middle English racul, Middle English rakele, Middle English rakil, Middle English rakill, Middle English rakille, Middle English rakyll (in a late copy), Middle English (1800s English regional (Yorkshire)) rakel, Middle English–1500s racle, Middle English–1500s rakell, Middle English–1500s rakle, Middle English–1500s rakyl, Middle English– rackle, 1600s rackel, 1800s rakell (English regional (Cheshire)); Scottish pre-1700 rakill, pre-1700 1800s rackel, 1700s– rackle, 1800s rachle, 1800s rackil, 1800s racle. β. Middle English rechel, Middle English recle, Middle English rekill, Middle English rekkelle, Middle English–1500s rekel. γ. Scottish 1700s– raucle, 1800s rauckle, 1800s raughel, 1800s raukle, 1800s– rauchle, 1900s– rauchel; Irish English (northern) 1900s– raughle. δ. Scottish 1800s ruckle. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rake v.¹, -le suffix 1 Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < rake v.¹ + -le suffix 1.In β. forms perhaps influenced by reckless adj. Some examples, such as quot. 1587 at sense 1, might perhaps alternatively be taken as showing an adjective parallel to rakell n. Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern) 1. Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless; rough, crude. Also: sturdy in old age. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > foolishly or recklessly hastivec1300 racklec1300 hastya1375 foolhastya1393 headya1425 properant1531 headlonga1533 steep1601 precipitate1607 precipitant1608 proclive1609 precipitious1612 precipitous1646 precipitating1681 ram-stam1786 precipit1922 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless recklesseOE redmodOE unreckless?c1225 hastivec1300 racklec1300 testyc1374 rabbisha1387 temeraryc1410 temerous1461 rash1509 temerarious1532 hare-brained1548 temerarec1550 hare-brain1566 hot-spurred1573 overrash1577 hotspur1586 madcap1591 wretchless1598 Phaetontic1608 zeal-blind1615 Phaetontal1617 unresponsable1619 Phaetontical1630 phaetonicala1640 Phaetonic1708 hell-bent1731 harum-scarum1751 unresponsible1764 suicidal1768 rumgumptious1781 shy1787 devil-may-care1799 bullheaded1818 devil-may-carish1825 temeritous1892 kamikaze1952 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > specifically of person roughc1415 rudec1450 rackle1570 rowdy1835 c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 1073 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 37 (MED) To rakele þo þei were, ȝware fore þo huy fullen þere. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 526 (MED) He þat is to rakel to renden his cloþez Mot efte sitte with more vnsounde to sewe hem to-geder. a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 512 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 406 The kyng, nat rakel, but of hih prudence. c1475 Advice to Lovers in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 30 (MED) To wyving be thou nat racle, Beware of hast thouhe she behest to please. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Li/2 Rakyl, insolens. 1587 A. Day tr. J. Amyot Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. O3^v Accompanied with a number of rude rakell fellowes, encountered with hir one morning as she was driving hir flocks, and offering violence vnto hir shee skritched alowd. c1670 Poor Man's Cup in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 10 Samson was a Rackel and Rough-handed Saint, ready to Pelt the Philistines on all occasions. ?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 200 Then niest outspak a raucle Carlin, Wha kent fu' weel to cleek the sterlin. 1826 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay i. lxvi Te guide a rackle ram-stam wife. 1836 Fraser's Mag. May 617 I hae had but two gudemen, stout, rackle chaps, baith o' them. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 166 He'll find her [sc. Britain] yet the same in war—A raucle, ready-haundit kimmer. 1876 E. Waugh Hermit Cobbler (Lancash. dial.) 29 Is there ony news o' that rackle (reckless) brother o' thine? 1928 Scots Mag. May 142 Aye, he wis Scotch eneuch noo—raucle a'maist, ye micht say. 2. Of an emotion or action, etc.: bold, rash, crude; (of speech) rough, blunt; (of things) sturdy, robust. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless > specifically of actions, feelings, etc. recklessOE racklec1405 savagec1425 rash1533 hot-brained1556 rashful1567 blindfold1593 lavish1600 wretchless1607 blind1615 hand over head1682 wild goose1770 plunging1798 wild cat1890 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1896 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 235 Wostow wher of a rakel [v.rr. rakyl, rachel, racle] tonge serueth. ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 83 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 61/2 His rakil wit only to him souffysith. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 429 He nought forgat his goode governaunce, But in hymself with manhod gan restreyne Ech racle [v.r. rackle] dede and ech unbridled cheere. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 21 (MED) Oure witte were rakyl and ovyr don bad to fforfete Ageyns oure lordys wyll. c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune A ij Thy tounge is racle, thy wit is rechles. c1780 M. Lonsdale in S. Gilpin Songs & Ballads Cumberland (1866) 281 This ye'll say was rackle deed. 1786 R. Burns Poems 36 Auld Scotland has a raucle tongue. 1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick I. xv. 220 Our bit curragh's no that rackle sin it got a stave..on the Partan-rock. 1863 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie 111 Wha's rauckle tongue frae morn till nicht wad like a clapper gang. 1945 Scots Mag. Dec. 79 Those throat-searchings and raucle mouthings..which so many believe to be one of the virtues of the vernacular. 1986 W. Kay Scots (1988) 109 The thrawn auld raucle tongue still came naturally to most Scots. Compounds rackle-handed adj. having strong, powerful hands (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose 617 Samson, that rackle-handed Saint, never ceased from pelting them upon all Occasions. 1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 39 I suspect this will be a very rackle-handed committee. 1823 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Sept. 339 Though country justices may sometimes be what is vulgarly called rackle-handed, they are, withal, efficient and thorough-going. c1850 R. Peattie in Sc. National Dict. at Raucle Rackel-handit smiddy Jock, A' blackened ower wi' coom an' smoke. 1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow 56 I'm just a hame-bred, rackle-handed bit thing. 1988 R. Vettese Richt Noise 48 He's rackle-handed and I feel still his brosie glasp hauddin ticht my bairnlie fingers. rackle-tongued adj. blunt, rough-tongued. ΚΠ 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 198 Ye'll maybe think that I'm a wee thocht raucle-tongued, that is, a kenning loud, and barefaced in my way. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 46 Baith canker'd auld carlie, an' raucle-tongued jaudie. 1908 J. Lumsden Doun i' th' Loudons 25 Tho' rauckled [sic] -tongued an' leein'-mou'd ye be. 1981 Eng. World-wide 2 i. 6 Bit ye will threip it is raucle-tongued. rackle-pate n. a rash, heedless fellow. ΚΠ 1895 West Cumberland Times (Christmas No.) (Suppl.) 3/2 What the hangment's thoo duen here, thoo young racklepate? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † racklev. Forms: late Middle English rakele, late Middle English rakle, late Middle English rakly. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rackle adj. Etymology: < rackle adj. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To act rashly or roughly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > be incautious [verb (intransitive)] > be rash or reckless racklea1425 to set cock on the hoopa1549 to play at hand over head1590 to throw (also toss, fling, etc.) caution to the wind(s)1751 to play the wild1849 rip1858 to fling (throw) one's cap over the windmill1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > behave violently or use force [verb (intransitive)] > act roughly racklea1425 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 1642 I hope..that I shal so me beere, That in my gylt ther shal nothyng be lorn, N'y nyl nought rakle [v.rr. rakly, rakele] as for to greven heere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1500adj.c1300v.a1425
随便看	to sink a thing without trace to sink in to sink in the boot to sink into nothingness to sink one's teeth into to sink or swim to sink the shop to sink the wind to sink through the floor to sink to rights to sink tooth into to sink without a trace to sink without trace to sinward to sip the haterade to sit a-sunning to sit about to sit adown to sit aknee to sit any one's bidding to sit around to sit asunning to sit at to sit at a person's right hand to sit at one's heart

racklen.

rackleadj.

Compounds

† racklev.