单词 | scottice |
释义 | Scotticeadv. Esp. introducing the Scots translation of a previously stated term: in Scots. Also: in a Scottish manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adverb] > in Scots Scottishly1653 Scottice1767 1767 T. Percy Reliques (ed. 2) III. Gloss. 349/2 Ew-bughts..are small inclosures, or pens, into which the farmers drive (Scoticè weir) their milch ewes, morning and evening. 1782 C. Vallancey Gram. Irish Lang. (ed. 2) 18 Our author here refers to that part of the antient dress of the Kelts or Gauls, which they called breacan; Scotticè, the plaid. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i. (note) in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 23 Hangman, so called from the small quantity of meal (Scottice, lock) which he was entitled to take. 1829 Athenæum 14 Jan. 28/1 I speak Scottice: what they call ‘mist’, we call rain. 1861 Two Cosmos II. 129 An enormous pair of old worn-out shoes (Scottice, bauchles). 1914 J. G. Grant Compl. Curler ii. vii. 91 The space within the 7-foot ring is colloquially known as the ‘house’ (Scotice, ‘hoose’), or sometimes ‘parish’. 2004 W. Neill in B. Findlay Frae Ither Tongues ii. 51 Again, to snirk [snigger] and to lichtlie me [despise me] is more telling—Scottice—than ‘scornfully to slight me’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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