单词 | scance |
释义 | scancen. Scottish. a. A glance; a glimpse. ΚΠ 1787 J. Skinner Let. 25 Sept. in C. Rogers Bk. of Robert Burns (1890) II. 218 Oh happy hour..That..ga'e him..Sae braw a skance Of Ayrshire's dainty poet. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xi. 82 Then they stumbled on a field of the laird's..and took a ‘skance’ of what was going on there. b. A gleam (of light). ΚΠ 1819–20 ‘Antiquary’ St. Patrick 168 (Jam.) I looket up amang the craigs an saw a red scance o' light beekin' on the taps o' the highest o' them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scancev.1 Chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 1603 Philotus ci. sig. D3v Full oft this mater did I skance, Bot with my self befoir. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 1357 Give him your good advice And panse not nor skanse not The perrill nor the price. 1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie vi. 72 How that can be forgote I greatlie scance. 2. intransitive. To reflect, comment, descant. Const. of, on, upon. Cf. scan v. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > meditate, reflect [verb (intransitive)] howOE study?c1225 bethinkc1300 muse1340 recorda1400 imaginec1400 to take thoughtc1450 contemplaire1474 medite1483 remord1535 contemplate?1538 ruminate1547 meditate1560 scance1606 excogitate1630 cogitate1633 reflect1772 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > comment [verb (intransitive)] glozec1380 gloss1579 scance1606 comment1611 annotate1733 commentate1828 1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (2 Thess.) ii. 28 To scanse of these things ouer far it is but vaine curiositie. 1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 69 Oh my Muse, I want Engine To scance upon the Ancient Name. 1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 80 I ne'er admire the Learned, tho' they Scance On Stile and Numbers. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 151 (Jam.) Now round the ingle in a ring On public news they're scancin'. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > study poetry [verb (transitive)] > scan scan1398 scance1704 1704 T. Watt Gram. made easy (1742) 78 To know how to Scanse the 10 Ode of the first Book [of Horace]. 4. transitive. To climb. (Cf. scan v. 7.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > climb up or scale climba1000 speel1571 scale1579 upclimb1582 scana1599 scance1714 1714 R. Smith Poems 112 His Pious Soul did Jacob's Ladder scanse. 1861 R. W. Dixon To Shadow viii If ever thou didst scance In a wayward wistful dance Up and down..On the wall with giant scrawl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scancev.2 Chiefly Scottish. 1. intransitive. To glance, look with disdain. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] > express contempt by facial expression snurtc1440 to look askew1538 scance1611 to fall a lip of contempta1616 flurn1656 sneer1734 to curl the lip1816 snigger1823 1611 ‘G. Vadianus’ in T. Coryate Crudities sig. h v The Country Boores dasht with the matter Beganne on him to skance awry. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken xiv. 113 Cockin' her neb at decent folk, an' scancin' at my tuscan bonnet. 2. To make a display or show. ΚΠ 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 123 (Jam.) In silk an' sattin ilk ane scances, An' gawze beside. Derivatives ˈscancing adj. ΚΠ 1773 R. Fergusson Auld Reikie 9 Where now cou'd shine The scancing Glories o' Carmine? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787v.11603v.21611 |
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