单词 | shrovetide |
释义 | Shrovetiden. a. The period comprising Quinquagesima Sunday and the two following days, ‘Shrove’ Monday and Tuesday. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Sunday before Lent > [noun] > period following > first week of > Sunday, Monday, Tuesday of Shrovetidec1425 carnival1549 Shrove1579 fast mass1812 Fasching1911 c1425 Orolog. Sapient. vii, in Anglia X. 386/39 Þe sondaye In Quinquagesime, with þe tweyne dayes folowynge, þat is clepyd Schroftyde. a1525 Regul. Houshold Earl of Northumb. (1770) 377 From Alhallowtid to Shraftide. 1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 250 Frome all halouday vntyll Shrostyde. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 36 Tis merry in hal when beards wags all, and welcome mery shrouetide . View more context for this quotation a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. vi. 488 Paying their tribute to the Pope at Shrostyde, when they are allowed to shewe publike games. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 214 Hauing spunn out thus the time till neare Carnauale, or shroftide. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 434 He could sing Carols for Shrove-tide, or for Candlemas. 1853 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ii. 61 Shrove-tide, or the week before Lent. b. figurative. A time of merriment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > time of Shrove Tuesday1616 Blue Monday1790 Shrovetide1840 1840 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. i Enjoy the merry shrove~tide of thy youth! Compounds C1. attributive, as Shrovetide even, Shrovetide-fool. ΚΠ 1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 283 The world cannot live without such Vizards and Shrovetide-Fools. 1768 J. Trusler Hogarth Moralized 180 Throwing at a cock, the universal shrove-tide amusement. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. ix. 237 As surely..as ever cock fought on Shrove-tide-even. C2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > cock-throwing > [noun] > cock shroving cock1629 shrove-cock1659 Shrove Tuesday cock1697 Shrovetide cock1700 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > used in festivals shroving cock1629 shrove-cock1659 Shrove Tuesday cock1697 Shrovetide cock1700 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 227 Never was Shrovetide-Cock in such a fear. 1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Subj. for Painters 7 Martyr beat like Shrovetide cocks with bats. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift on Shrove Tuesday Shrovetide hen1598 shroving hen1611 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > hen > at or of specific stage, condition, or habits pulletc1400 brood-hen1526 smoke-hen1577 Shrovetide hen1598 shroving hen1611 poulard1733 clucker1779 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. v. 42 A Shroftide Hen, Which bought to giue, he takes to sell agen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425 |
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