单词 | straik |
释义 | straikn.1 Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [adverb] > by levelled measure by straik1549 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > levelled measure straik measure1549 strikea1690 handwave1801 1549 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 264 That frathinfurth na maner of malt nor beir that cumis to the guid tovnn to sell be mett in tymes cumyng bot with ane straik mesour. 1567 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 39/2 It is desyrit ane straik mett be maid vniuersalie through all þe realme. 1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 521/2 For eschewing of fraud hes thocht expedient that all wictuall in tyme cuming salbe mesorit be straik. 2. The normal proportion of malt for a brewing.Apparently only in Scott; the quots. do not seem to justify the usual rendering ‘bushel’ (cf. strike n.1 5, stroke n.1 23). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball bata1400 back-swing1577 banding1589 stroke1662 stop1773 swipe1788 hit1810 straik1820 screwing1825 return1833 volleying1837 return stroke1838 volley1851 swiper1853 shot1868 handling1870 screw kick1870 mishit1882 smash1882 misfield1886 fumble1895 run-up1897 mishitting1900 balloon1904 carryback1905 placement1909 tonk1922 trick shot1924 retrieve1952 sizzler1960 undercut1960 shotmaking1969 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > malt > quantity for a brewing straik1820 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 106 With a single straike of malt to counterbalance a double allowance of water. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 72 The ‘bern’..never quitted hold of the tankard with so much reluctance as when there had been..a double straik of malt allowed to the brewing. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. viii A double straick of John Barleycorn. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > building wood > measure or quantity of rood1391 sheaf1534 straik1542 fathom1577 standard1811 1542 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 95 Ane straik of buirdis, as the bill of compt thairupoune beris. 4. A piece of wood coated with sand or emery, used for sharpening scythes; = strickle n. 2, strike n.1 3a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > sharpening > wood coated with sand straik1844 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe > tool or material for sharpening rifle1459 stricklea1642 scythe-sand1686 rip1688 straik1844 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1063 The sharpening should always be finished with the straik or strickle. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet vii. 59 The clear metallic sound of the ‘strake’ or sharpening strop. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). straikn.2 Scottish. rare. ? A narrow channel in a stream. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > narrow halse1488 strake1503 channelet1650 thoroughfare1837 straik1847 1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 42 The rocky straiks and clippers that afford facilities for fish to cut or wear through the line. 1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 259 In rapid water, such as the necks of streams, straiks, and eddies, the plying and working of the hook is not always requisite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). straikv. Scottish. transitive. To level (corn, etc.) in a measure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)] > corn, etc., with an instrument strick14.. strike14.. streakc1440 straik1579 strickle1885 stroke1887 1579 Extracts Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) I. 81 Sua that all fourletis, pekis, and vther mesouris war maid of the lairgnes of the heipit mett, to be straikit and nocht heipit. 1685 Peden in P. Walker Life Biog. Presbyt. (1827) I. 95 Christ knows well, whether Heaping or Straiking agrees best with our narrow Vessels, for both are alike to him. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xvii. 158 The bushel-stoup of their iniquity was nearly full measure, heaped and running over, and it would soon be straked with the Lord's own level and plumb line. Derivatives straiked adj. ΚΠ 1582 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 236 Conform to the awld just mesour of the realme in straiket mett. 1684 A. Symson in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 101 One boll of good and sufficient meal straked measure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11542n.21847v.1579 |
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