单词 | rake-steal |
释义 | > as lemmasrake-steal rake-steal n. [steal n.1 4] now English regional (northern) = rake handle n. at Compounds 1a. ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 922 That tale is nat worth a Rake stele [v.r. rakes stele]. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. 2009 (MED) Youre resons, lady, avayle not a rake-stele. 1815 J. Pickering in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 3 ii. 524 Steal (pron. stail), the handle of various implements; as, a rake-steal, a fork-steal, &c. Used by the farmers in some parts of New England. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Rake-steel, Rake-shank, the handle of a rake. 1895 Accrington Observer 16 Feb. 2/1 They shall live on hard labour un spoon-meyt whod they ged as fat as rake-steyls. < as lemmas |
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