单词 | scote |
释义 | † scoten.1 Nautical. Obsolete. A kind of cable; (probably) = sheet n.2 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cable cablec1275 scote1336 gablea1450 gable-ropec1500 cable-rope1523 1336 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer 19/31 m. 4 In xv petris cordis de canabo..pro duobus scodes inde faciendis. 1394 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 91 (MED) [Five cables, weighing 5941 lbs...two] scotes [weighing 348 lbs.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † scoten.2 Obsolete. rare. = beat n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > flax, hemp, or jute > for steeping or retting beata1500 scote1634 1634 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1885) III. 365 Qu. Sessions... Who present. A Hovingham labr. for stealing a horse (40s.)..a labr. for seven beates or scotes of hemp (10d.). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2021). scoten.3α. 1800s– scoat (Hampshire), 1800s– scote, 1800s– skote (Isle of Wight). β. 1800s– scaut, 1800s– squat. γ. 1800s– scort (Gloucestershire). δ. 1800s skot (Lancashire), 1900s– scot. English regional (chiefly western), Manx English, and Welsh English. = drag-staff n. Cf. scotch n.2 1b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > device to stop backward movement drag-staff1748 cow1834 scote1839 sprag1902 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 91 Scote, a dragstaff (Gl[ouc.]). 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 132 Scote, an ironshod staff attached to the axle of the hind wheel of a waggon to prevent it running back down hill. 1962 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. i. 131 Q[uestion] What do you use to prevent your cart going backwards when you stop on a hill?.. [Westmorland, Lancashire, Isle of Man] Scot. 1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales 182/1 Scote, a chock to prevent a cart from going backwards when it is stopped on a hill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scotev.α. 1600s scout. β. 1600s–1700s scoat; English regional 1800s– scoat (Isle of Wight), 1800s– scote. γ. English regional 1800s– scaat (Oxfordshire), 1800s– scaut (chiefly midlands), 1800s– scawt (Worcestershire), 1800s– scort (Gloucestershire), 1800s– squat. δ. English regional 1800s– scot. Now English regional (chiefly western). 1. transitive. To prevent the movement of (a wheel or vehicle) with a chock. Also figurative. Cf. scotch v.2 3a, scote n.3 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)] letc888 shrenchc897 forstanda1000 amarOE disturbc1290 impeachc1380 stopc1380 withstandc1385 hinder1413 accloy1422 hindc1426 to hold abackc1440 appeachc1460 impeditec1535 inhibit1535 obstacle1538 damp1548 trip1548 embarrass1578 dam1582 to clip the wings ofa1593 unhelp1598 uppen1600 straiten1607 rub1608 impediment1610 impedea1616 to put out1616 to put off1631 scote1642 obstruct1645 incommodiate1650 offend1651 sufflaminate1656 hindrance1664 disassist1671 clog1679 muzzle1706 squeeze1804 to take the wind out of the sails of1822 throttle1825 block1844 overslaugh1853 snag1863 gum1901 slow-walk1965 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a wheeled vehicle > place stone behind wheel scote1642 klip1878 1642 R. Harris Serm. preached to House of Commons 45 This is that that scoat's the businesse in publike. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) To Scout, to put a Stone or peece of Wood under a Cart to stop it from going forward. 1811 W. J. Burchell Jrnl. 6 Aug. in Trav. Interior S. Afr. (1822) I. 180 Two Hottentots followed each waggon with large stones, ready to scoat the wheels the moment they began to run backwards. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 70/2 Scot, to stop the wheel of a coach or waggon with a stone, etc. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 132 Scort or Scote, to scot a wheel, i.e. to put the drag on. 2. intransitive. To turn over or push up the ground (esp. with the feet or with the hooves of a domestic animal) by slipping or straining (as against a heavy load); to scramble, to slip about. Also transitive with up. ΚΠ 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 381 [Gloucestershire] To Scote up..Calcibus terram verbere—To plow up the Ground with one's Heels in Leaping. 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 91 To Scote, to plough up the ground by slipping in attempting to stop. 1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words 26 'E tried 'is best to git on, but 'twas that slippy 'e kep' scawtin' back ahl the w'ild. 1883 Gentleman's Mag. June 621 [Wiltshire] Stick your heels in the ground, arch your spine, and drag with all your might at a rope, and then you would be said to ‘scaut’. Horses going up-hill, or straining to draw a heavily laden waggon through a mud-hole, ‘scaut’ and tug. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Scort or Scote, to plough up the ground; of the hoofs of horses or cattle. 1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 248/2 [S. Worcestershire] 'Em's bin a' ower it an' scawted it up despret. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11336n.21634n.31839v.1642 |
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