单词 | riner |
释义 | rinern. English regional (chiefly Cheshire). Now rare. In bowls: a bowl which touches the jack. In quoits: a quoit which touches the peg. Also: a throw which achieves this. Cf. toucher n. 2.Chiefly in to shed riners with a whaver (see whaver n. at whave v. Derivatives; frequently figurative). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > [noun] > type of shot riner1673 whaver1674 ringer1834 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > types of shot toucher1600 riner1673 game-cast1724 ditcher1886 draw1902 draw shot1902 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 40 Shed Riners with a Whaver: Chesh. Winning any cast that was very good; i.e. strike off one that touches, &c. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. A Riner, a very good Cast at Bowls. a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (Lansd. 1033) f. 323 Riners, touchers, spoken particularly in Chesh. of the Jack and Bowl when they kiss or touch: as to shed Riners with a whaver, i.e. to strike away the jack or bowl from one another with exactness or great art. 1818 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire 25 A Riner is when the Quoit touches the peg or mark. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 175 Riner, a toucher at the game of quoits. a1876 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire (1877) 170 ‘To sked riners with a whaver’..means to surpass something clever or skilful, by something still better. 1917 J. C. Bridge Cheshire Proverbs 143 To shed riners with a whaver... This proverb means ‘to surpass anything skilful or adroit by something still more so’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673 |
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