单词 | rib-roast |
释义 | † rib-roastn.1 Obsolete. 1. The action of rib-roast v.; beating, cudgelling.Sometimes used punningly; cf. quot. 1627 at rib roast n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person threshingOE sousingc1580 rib-roast1595 basting1599 swingeing1603 cuffing1610 lamming1611 rib-roasting1613 mauling1621 pinking1637 drubbing1650 diverberation1651 verberation1661 trimming1675 rib1699 thrashing1720 dousing1721 fagging1746 bumping1751 dusting1799 clapperclawing1806 milling1806 hiding1809 punishment1811 doing1814 bethumping1831 mugging1846 jacketing1850 frailing1851 pasting1851 towelling1851 tanning1863 fum-fum1885 ribbing1894 paddywhack1898 tanking1905 beating-up1915 shellacking1931 sloshing1931 clobbering1948 twatting1963 duffing-up1967 1595 ‘J. Dando’ & ‘H. Runt’ Maroccus Extaticus p. iii Such a peece of filching is..punishable with ribroast. 1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox Graculi 50 If a slip be made..his master will giue him ribrost for his Newyeares-gift the next morning. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 4 Shee will not stick to tyrannize over a sheepish husband, and give him rib-roast. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 110 Truth is, he was shrewd to me, and gave me store of rib roast. 1894 C. G. Harper Revolted Woman 124 He was forced to fetch her home at night [from the ale-house], where he would bestow some rib-roast upon her. 2. figurative. A damaged part. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > that which is imperfect wind-egg1398 rib-roast1654 wastera1800 semi-form1836 spoil1892 square wheels1924 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. i. 69 There is no flaw, no shoulder-spraine, hip-shot, nor rib-rost in thy credit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2019). rib-roastv. slang. Now rare (archaic in later use). transitive. To beat severely with a cudgel, whip, the fists, etc.; to thrash. Also figurative. Cf. rib-baste v. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > strike with specific blunt weapon [verb (transitive)] mellc1440 wapper1481 bebat1565 rib-roast1570 batonc1580 flail1582 club1593 bastonate1596 cudgel1598 rib-baste1598 shrub1599 truncheon1600 cut1607 scutch1611 macea1634 batoon1683 towel1705 quarterstaff1709 pole1728 handspike1836 blackjack1847 bludgeon1868 sandbag1887 cosh1922 sap1926 pistol-whip1930 knuckle-dust1962 1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. iv. 100 After he had well fauouredly ribbe rosted his poore innocent wife. ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat 11 Ile ribroste my brother Martin a little, for obiecting..the not answering of his bookes. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 12 Not a victuelar..but was rib-roasted or had some of his ribbes crusht. 1618 S. Rowlands Night-raven (1620) D iij Tom, take thou a cudgell, and rib roast him. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxvii. 121 Who us'd to baste, rib-roast, swaddle, and swinge them well-favour'dly. 1712 P. Motteux Don Quixote IV. 1173 We are not like always to meet with Castles... We are more like to meet with damn'd Innes, where we shall be rib-roasted. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 265 He was rib-roasted according to his Merits. 1849 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) iv. iii. 210, in Wks. I. Impounding horses, and sometimes grievously rib-roasting their owners. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 188 Brandon..was engaged..in rib-roasting Darkie [sc. a horse] to make him ‘come out of that’. 1914 A. H. Plumb When Mayflowers Blossom xviii. 421 Of a truth I'd first be rib-roasted with the lash, than to view my White Violet so. 1938 M. Chapman Goya iv. 214 She flew at Pepita like a cat,..rib roasting the wench, and screaming [etc.]. Derivatives ˈrib-roasted adj. now rare ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [adjective] > beaten > specifically of a person rib-roasted1703 beaten-up1886 bethumped- 1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote IV. xx. 697 Why thou beaten Swash-buckler, thou Ribroasted Knight of the Cudgel, hast thou the impudence to think [etc.]. 1878 Manch. Weekly Times 12 Jan. A desolate, mangy, weary-looking horse, rib-roasted, and worn by bad feeding and ill-usage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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