单词 | rufe |
释义 | † rufen. Obsolete. A brownish-red colour. Cf. rufous n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red rufe?c1400 red-fallowc1425 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 red roan1639 rubiginy1657 rust1716 brick-red1759 brick-dust red1776 morone1777 maroon1779 rufous1783 brick1793 tile-red1805 brick dusta1807 worm red1831 cinnamon-red1882 chaudron1883 rosewood1897 tony1921 ?c1400 tr. Secreta Secret. (Sloane) (1977) 11 Blak here sygnyfies euenes..Medioker culour bitwene ruf and blak es lufly rody broune, and þat signyfies luf of pece. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 1536 (MED) These ij colours, Rufe and citryne, Be meen colours bitwene white & redde. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Brit. Table Obscure Words sig. Sss3v Rufe, red. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † rufeadj. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. Of uncertain meaning. Perhaps: strong, valiant (see the etymology). ΚΠ 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 109 Ane Ryall rufe het fyre war my desyre. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 177 He cleikit vp ane hie ruf sang. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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