单词 | recoct |
释义 | † recoctv. Obsolete. transitive. To boil, bake, or cook a second or further time. Also figurative: to revamp, overhaul; (chiefly depreciative) to rehash. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > renovate or renew > refurbish refresh1468 recoct1562 repolish1577 furbish1587 vamp1599 interpolate1623 vamp1632 new-vampa1640 revamp1803 refurbish1824 to fig up1825 rehabilitate1878 face-lift1939 refurb1970 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > boil or cause to boil [verb (transitive)] > a second time recoct1562 reboil1615 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes sig. Iv, in Bulwarke of Defence Put the decoction again into the Kettell or panne, and recocte it again. 1605 L. Hutten Answere 126 Your olde Crambe of Religionis ergo, so often recocted. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Xxx3v If yet it appear too fluid, recoct it. 1687 A. Lovell tr. C. de Bergerac Comical Hist. 64 So that the Sun recocted it once more. 1735 T. Bentley Let. Mar. in J. Barnard Alexander Pope (1995) 327 Good as..[your verses] are, they become Crambe, by being recocted and obtruded over and over again. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 92 He picked up all the arrows that were shot against him, recocted all the venom of every point [etc.]. 1861 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 405/2 Songs of the same kind, but changed and recocted at the discretion of the editor. Derivatives recocted adj. ΚΠ 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 85v, in Bulwarke of Defence Recocted or two times sodden whay, is the best whay. 1646 A. Ross New Planet No Planet ix. 104 You answer us with your recocted coleworts. 1699 T. Forrester Full Rev. Dr. Monro's Scripture-pleadings ii. 68 in Hierarchical Bishops Claim I find the Dr. is still casting up his pityful recocted Crambe of Dichotomies. 1843 Foreign Q. Rev. July 219/1 Whoever..is contented to fare on a small portion of recocted criticism..may be accommodated by Mrs. Dobson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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