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单词 scopperil
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scopperiln.

/ˈskɒpərɪl/
Forms: Middle English scop(e)relle, Middle English, 1600s, 1800s scopperell, 1500s scopperelle, 1600s–1800s scop(p)eril(l), scop(p)ril, scop(p)erel, scoprel. See also scopel n.
Etymology: Of obscure origin; a remarkable similarity of form is presented by modern Icelandic skoppara-kringla spinning-top, < skoppa to spin like a top; compare Middle Swedish skoppa to jump, run about, Middle Dutch, modern Dutch schoppen to swing, sea-saw; also scope v.2
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a. A kind of teetotum or small top (spun with the thumb and finger) made by passing a pointed peg through the centre of a disc (often a flat button or button-mould). Now dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).In some dialects applied to a small disc (as a button-mould) apart from its application.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] > other tops
scopperilc1425
fizgig1656
gyroscope top1880
dice-top1894
c1425 St. Christina xxiv, in Anglia VIII. 128/35 Alle hir body was..turnyd in to a whirlynge about as a scoprelle or a toppe þat childer playe with.
1483 Cath. Angl. 324/1 A scoperelle, giraculum.
1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention 117 Vpon the least touch it will twerle and tourne as round as any Scopperill.
1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker i. i. B 2 If once we creepe out o' th shells, we run from our ould loves like Scopperells, weomens minds are planetary.
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b. transferred. Applied to an active, restless child; also to a squirrel. dialect. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)
2. Heraldry. A badge in the form of a disc. Obsolete.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > cognizance > types of
scopperil1486
knot1828
mon1861
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. b iv b Diaclys be called in armys scopprellys.
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 37 The sixt badge are Diacles, commonly called Scopperelles.
3. dialect. A seton: = scopel n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > rowel or seton
rowel1566
tampion1566
French rowel1639
scopel1740
wisp1787
scopperil1855
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 147 A Scopperil, a plug put into an issue or seton made in the diseased part of an animal to drain off the humours.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 82 Scopperel.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Scopper, scopperalt, scoperal, a seton.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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