单词 | skift |
释义 | skiftn.1 Obsolete. A shift, in various senses; a change; a division or share; an artifice, device, or trick. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > a change changec1325 skiftc1400 alterationa1529 discrepancy1579 transit1652 traverse1692 chop and change1760 volte1901 switch1920 switch-over1928 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] dealc825 lotOE dolea1225 partc1300 portion?1316 sort1382 parcelc1400 skiftc1400 pane1440 partagec1450 shift1461 skair1511 allotment1528 snapshare1538 share1539 slice1548 fee1573 snap1575 moiety1597 snatch1601 allotterya1616 proportiona1616 symbol1627 dealth1637 quantum1649 cavelc1650 snip1655 sortition1671 snack1683 quota1688 contingency1723 snick1723 contingent1728 whack1785 divvy1872 end1903 bite1925 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 1719 Now as hillis hie it schawis, Now set laich with ane noþir skift, That þai may se nocht bot þe lift. c1440 York Myst. xxvi. 130 At oure soper as we satte,..My skiffte come to scathe. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. xvii. 211 Make ye as good skyfte as ye can; ye shal bere this lady with you on horsbak vnto the pope of Rome. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 198 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 305 Yf Any man haue part with þe in gyft, With hym þou make an euen skyft. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 321 Is ther none other skyfte Bot syfte, lady, syfte? 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 481/2 He will haue a clappe on the tone cheke or the tother, make what skyfte he can. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † skiftn.2 Obsolete. rare. (See quot. 1783.) ΚΠ 1783 W. Gordon tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1823) i. iv. 20 The water had subsided and left the trough or skift [L. alveus], in which the infants had been exposed, on dry ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). skiftn.3 Chiefly North American. = skiff n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of pufflOE breathc1400 fuff1535 whiff1603 whift1614 tifta1765 cat's paw1769 skift1808 flaff1827 skiff1827 whiffle1842 whisp1884 quiff1912 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > slight fall of snow snite1548 skift1808 skiff1930 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > sudden flash1653 scat17.. volley1737 blirt1810 flurry1828 brash1849 skift1947 1808 B. Hunt Diary 25 Dec. in Chester Co. (Pa.) Hist. Soc. Bull. (1898) 17 May be call'd green Christmass: a small skift of snow. 1877 M. Laffan Hon. Miss Ferrard I. vii. 191 The autumn leaves rustling under foot and flying off in sudden skifts across the dry ruddy grass. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 364 Skift of snow, a small amount of snow. 1947 Canad. Cattlemen (Winnipeg) Dec. 148 Farmers regard ‘a skift o' rain’ as an adjunct to the fermentation of the natural juices in the semi-green corn blown into the [silo]. 1970 I. Petite Meander to Alaska iv. 34 We had seen practically every rock, headland, light, skift of sea birds rising, tree, and deserted beach cabin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). skiftn.4 U.S. regional. = skiff n.1 ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > small vessel batelle1330 scafa1387 skiff1578 skippet1590 squiff1594 skift1656 small craft1676 small craft1735 runabout1898 mudboat1941 1656 E. Rawson in Suffolk Deeds (Suffolk County, Mass.) (1880) I. 2 [We are] desired by Jno. Blackman to App[rize] a smale skifte taken vp adrift. 1807 J. R. Bedford in Tenn. Hist. Mag. (1919) 5 118 They would board us in their skift without the inconvenience to us of going to shore. 1816 U. Brown Jrnl. 12 Sept. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1916) 11 222 Wm. Wells..prevails with me to go with him down the River 1¼ Miles to what he called a skift. 1885 Cent. Mag. Aug. 505/2 Visitors call it a skiff, natives a skift. 1935 G. Santayana Last Puritan iii. x. 395 You were perfectly happy here, sculling in your skift. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2020). skiftv.1 Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. transitive. To shift, change, or move (something). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > in different position changea1375 movea1382 shifta1400 skifta1400 transpose?1518 shiften1544 transplace1621 trans-situate1630 translocate1650 shuffle1694 mudge1823 relocate1829 translaya1861 to change around1871 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 23678 Sun and mon, and stern on lift, Þat ai wit stiring er nuskift,..Fra þat tim stil sal þai stand. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 709 Now haf þay skyfted my skyl & scorned natwre. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 389 He wolde nevur skyfte his clothis bod ons in a yere. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ix. xl. 405 Lete see now yf ye can skyfte it with your handes. 1828– in many north. dial. glossaries, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict. ). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer steerc888 leadc1175 guyc1330 guidec1374 governa1382 ministera1382 treat1387 administer1395 dispose1398 skift?a1400 warda1400 solicit1429 to deal with1469 handlea1470 execute1483 convoy?a1513 conveyc1515 mayne1520 to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522 keepa1535 administrate1538 solicitate1547 to dispose of1573 manure1583 carry1600 manage1609 negotiate1619 conduct1632 to carry on1638 mesnage1654 nurse1745 work1841 operate1850 run1857 stage-manage1906 ramrod1920 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 32 Scathylle Scottlande by skylle he skyftys as hym lykys. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1643 Loke ȝe skyfte it so þat vs no skathe lympe. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 569 ‘Þus schal I,’ quoth kryste, ‘hit skyfte, Þe laste schal be þe fyrst þat strykez.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out dealc1000 shiftc1000 to-partc1325 partc1330 departa1340 divide1377 portion?a1400 dressc1410 parcel1416 skiftc1420 describe1535 repart1540 sever1548 disparklea1552 enterparten1556 share1577 to share out1583 repartitec1603 dispart1629 parcena1641 cavel1652 partage1660 split1674 snack1675 partition1740 scantle1749 appart1798 whack1819 divvy1877 number1887 cut1928 c1420 Sir Amadas (W.) 644 Bot skyfte me evon,..Gyffe me my parte, Y wyll awey. c1420 Sir Amadas 656 Oderwyse skyft wyll not wee, Bot at yor wyll schall hit bee. c1425 Cast. Persev. 108 in Macro Plays 80 His good..he wolde þat it were scyfftyd a-mongis his ny kynne. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint skiftc1325 disposec1384 disponea1500 stint1533 decree1591 prescribec1595 devise1606 the world > action or operation > doing > act or do [verb (intransitive)] workeOE i-do971 doOE to shift one's handa1300 performa1382 practisec1475 skift?a1534 handle1535 act1583 enact1593 actuate1620 c1325 Metr. Hom. 61 Bot Godd that skilfulli kan skift, Mad them alle serely spekand. ?a1534 H. Medwall Nature i. sig. biiii Well enured men, suche as..can best for you in tyme of nede skyft. 5. a. To undergo shifting, change, or removal; to change one's place, etc. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position flitc1175 passa1387 changec1390 skifta1400 shift1530 transmigrate1611 reshift1629 transfer1646 to turn over1851 reposition1947 translocate1975 a1400–50 Alexander 467 To skyre skarlet hewe skyftis hire face. a1400–50 Alexander 5040 Baldly he wepis, þat he so skitly suld skifte. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 19 Oft boþe blysse & blunder Ful skete hatȝ skyfted synne. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 67 The sun now frae the twal hour point Had nearly skifftit twa hours yont. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. x. 216 He mad ye skift properly. 1848 H. L. Lear Tales Kirkbeck 155 A huge carved oak rocking chair ‘fearfu' lubbardly for skifting’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] atfareOE atcomec1220 atstertc1220 atrouta1250 ascape1250 astart1250 atblenchc1275 scapec1275 aschapec1300 fleec1300 ofscapea1325 escapec1330 overfleea1382 to get awaya1400 slipa1400 starta1400 skiftc1440 eschewc1450 withstartec1460 rida1470 chape1489 to flee (one's) touch?1515 evadea1522 betwynde?1534 to make out1558 outscape1562 outslip1600 to come off1630 c1440 York Myst. xxvi. 41 Why, sir, to skyfte [pr. skyste] fro his skath We seke for youre socoure þis sesoune. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out partingc1330 departinga1340 divisionc1380 partition1429 departison1444 dividentc1450 skiftingc1450 partage1484 portiona1513 departition?c1530 dividend1535 portioning1556 reparting1574 repartment1574 parcery1582 sharing1598 apportion1628 compartition1636 department1677 dividing1719 whacking1851 partitionment1864 divide1873 share-out1877 whack1885 sharesies1916 carve-up1935 society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for other parts skiftingc1450 guttering1703 lintelling1703 skirting1825 stringing1833 spouting1838 trussing1840 undercloak1896 shuttering1898 screed1937 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > skirting board skiftingc1450 baseboard1598 skirt-board1690 skirting boarda1756 base1757 skirting1825 washboard1828 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 249 So þer fell a grete debate..for skiftyyng of þis money betwix þaim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). skiftv.2 Scottish. intransitive. To move lightly and quickly; to skip, run, glide, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > lightly flitc1430 whitter1513 skifta1586 whidc1730 waltz1862 skifter1887 a1586 R. Maitland Poems (Maitland Club) 30 Use not to skift athort the gait. 1640 Canterburians Self-Conviction Postscr. 13 But ye skift out here much further to an extravagance. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 215 High owre my head the sheep in packs, I see them mice-like skift. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 182 And Arnold's nakit ghaist was seen Loupin'..And skiftin' owr the roofs like fire. 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