单词 | rostle |
释义 | † rostlen. Obsolete. rare. An iron bar or lever; a lever with an iron point. ΚΠ 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 300/2 Vectis rostratus,..a barre or leauer with an iron point or end: a rostle. 1595 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 254/3 Palo di ferrò, an iron barre, leauer, or rostle, or crow of iron. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xviii. 578 A bar of yron pointed sharpe in manner of a beake-head or stem of a ship; and it may bee called, a Rostle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † rostlev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To burn slightly; to scorch, to singe. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > slightly or superficially singe1340 rostle1440 sing1543 swinge1590 [implied in: Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 437 Rostlynge [?a1475 Winch. Roostyllynge], ustyllacio. (at rostling n.)]. ?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 378 Rostylyd [1440 Harl. 221 Rostyd], sumwat brente, vstillatus. ?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 387 Rostolone [1440 Harl. 221 Roostone; a1500 King's Cambr. rostelyn; a1500 BL Add. 37789 rostlyn], rustulo, vstulo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1585v.1440 |
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