单词 | robin-run-rake |
释义 | > as lemmasRobin-run-rake Robin-run-rake n. English regional (Lincolnshire) (now rare) †(a) a type of plant (not identified); cf. Phrases 1 (obsolete); (b) a mist rising from the ground in hot weather.Recorded earlier as the name of a horse (see quot. 1840). ΚΠ 1840 Hull Packet 6 Mar. 3/7 Mr. Thistlewood's ch g Robin-run-Rake [i.e. a horse].] 1866 G. M. Fenn Hollowdell Grange iv. 51 A lovely butterfly..settled nicely in reach upon a robin-run-rake by the hedge-side. 1884 G. S. Streatfeild Lincolnshire & Danes 349 The shimmering vapour that rises from and floats over the ground in hot weather is called, in some parts of Lincolnshire, Robin-run-rake. This is probably a corruption of Robin-run-rig. < as lemmas |
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