| 单词 | bere awn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbere awn bere awn n. now chiefly Scottish the awn of a grain of barley. ΚΠ 1749 tr. F. Rabelais Faithful Acct. Life Dr. Sartorius Sinegradibus 13 At last, when the Doctor would needs brush the Parson's Eyes with Bear-Awns, pluck Hairs out of his Beard, to shew him in a Microscope,..; then the Parson began to suspect he was possest. 1836 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 7 No. 33. 47 The popular saying in Scotland, that the cuckoo becomes hoarse, or ceases her monotonous note when she gets a bear-awn in her throat. 1841 J. Mitchell Battle o' Speerits 13 I'll make him eat without a grace, A supper o' bear awns, This verra night. a1859 Denham Tracts (1892) I. 288 A Berwick burgess speaks wi' a bunch o' bear-awns in his hause. 1977 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. II. 116 Awns (bristles of barley), [Aberdeen, Angus, Fife, Clackmannan, Selkirk] bere awns, [Kincardine] bair awns, [Angus, Perth, Stirling] bare awns, [Roxburgh] bear awns, beer awns, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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