单词 | swainloaf |
释义 | > as lemmasswainloaf †swainloaf n. Obsolete bread to be eaten by servants (see sense 2) as opposed to pandemain n., ‘panis dominicus’ (lord's bread). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > low-quality bread pig breadOE swainloaf1358 bread of afflictiona1425 bread of trete1607 1358 Catal. Anc. Deeds A. 9847 (1902) IV. 469 [Black loaves called] swaynloves. a1652 R. Brome Love-sick Court iv. ii. 145 in Five New Playes (1659) The chief Swain heads of Thessaly. 1842 Dumfries Herald Oct. More swain-like than king-like. < as lemmas |
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