| 单词 | riggold |
| 释义 | riggoldn.  /ˈrɪɡəld/, /ˈrɪɡəʊld/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡəld/α. late Middle English regold, 1500s regald, 1500s regolt, 1500s rigolde, 1500s 1800s rigald, 1500s–1800s riggald, 1600s riggilt, 1800s rigg'lt, 1800s–1900s riggelt, 1800s– riggold. β. late Middle English rygall, 1600s regle, 1600s riggall, 1700s–1800s reggil, 1700s–1900s riggil, 1800s roggel (Shropshire), 1800s– riggal, 1900s– riggel. English regional (chiefly northern) after Middle English. Now rare. = rig n.2 Frequently attributive. Cf. ridgel n., riggot n.1, riggon n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > neutered animal > imperfectly neutered riggold1410 ridgeling1555 riggot1559 rigling1563 ridgel1597 rig1851 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > whose genitals are undeveloped riggold1410 ridgeling1555 riggot1559 rigling1563 riggon1567 ridgel1597 riggon tupa1642 rig1702 1410–12 Accts. & Inventories J. Starlyng in Mariner's Mirror (1914) 4 168/2 vij Regoldes. 1416–20 Acct. in Mariner's Mirror (1954) 40 66 332 rygall. 1584 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 18 A weather, a rigolde, and a lame. 1588 Invent. of T. Carppmell, Kendal (Somerset Ho.) Itm liiijor weythers; tuppe and regalds. 1596 Fairfax Inventory in Archaeologia (1884) 48 151 Item Tupp lambes... Item Rigald lambes. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 244 Many creatures haue their Testicles within tyed to their backs,..as some Tuppes or Rammes called Riggall Tuppes. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 115 The stones of Rammes and Regles (vulgarly Granella) are esteemed great dainties, especially in Tuscany. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) A Riggilt, a Ram with one Stone. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 426 Riggald, abusively, applied to men as well as to cattle. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 348 Riggil, ridgil. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXIV. at Stones of Animals The organs of generation..should be quite in a complete state of production, and not in the rigald condition. 1830 N. Scatcherd Hist. Morley 199 Of the same species with the forementioned is the ludicrous appellation ‘Riggald’ or as it should be spelt, Righold, which is ‘ubi testiculus unus in dorso retinetur’. 1962 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. i. 250 What do you call a male horse when only half castrated?.. [Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire] Riggold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1410 |
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