单词 | skinking |
释义 | skinkingn. Now rare. The action of skink v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor birlinga1340 draughtc1440 skinking1592 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 57 The skinking pottes [It. Le fussinule]..were all of pure fine Gold. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Versatione,..a skinking. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words A powring or skinking forth. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd ix. 105 I know no better office at boord, then to fall a skinking. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 102 Had Bacchus sell been there,..for skinkin', He couldna weil hae blam'd the drinkin'. 1895 A. Lang tr. Monk of Fife xxv. 320 You might challenge at skinking that great Danish knight, who was with us under Orleans. 1902 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 33 p. lxxxvii The verb skankjan must have existed long before a cupboard was thought of; the very invention of such a contrivance presupposes extensive skinking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skinkingadj. Now rare and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [adjective] > supplying with wine skinking1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 48 With nauye we passed By mounts of Nazon too skincking Bacchus alotted. 2. Scottish. Thin, watery.In later use chiefly with allusion to quot. 1786. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > not viscous, thin thina900 subtlea1398 smallc1500 flexible1612 short1612 agilec1635 skinking1786 inviscid1913 1786 R. Burns To Haggis in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 312 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware That jaups in luggies. a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xxvii. 205 A pint of skinking claret. 1894 ‘H. Haliburton’ Furth in Field 101 ‘Skinking ware’ is not skink; it is a Scottish rustic's name for some unmentionable French or Italian cat-lap. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 Jan. 14 How would a Scot be most likely to characterise these dishes? As skinking ware. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592adj.1582 |
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