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单词 tap o' tow
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tap o' tow
a. A tuft or handful of wool, flax, or other fibre; spec. an amount of fibre (esp. flax) which may be spun at one time. In later use (chiefly in tap o' tow) Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). Obsolete.See also to take one's tap in one's lap at Phrases 6k.In quot. OE rendering post-classical Latin pensa portion of wool to be spun, (also) thread (cf. pensum n.).
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OE Aldhelm Glosses (Cambr. Gg.5.35) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 192/2 Serica pensa : seoloken toppa.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 428 (MED) Ne roȝte he þeȝ flockes were Imeind bi toppes & bi here.
a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 144 E serencez du lyn le toup [glossed] hekele, a top of flax.
a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 696/3 Hoc lapsum, a top of lin.
1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 25 Into vi nighte cappes & toppes of turkes headdes peces.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 258 A Top of Lint for his Panash.
1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 362 Gae spin your tap o' tow!
1827 A. Rodger Peter Cornclips 69 The fire was brisk—up flew the low, Quick as a kindled tap o' tow.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Top, in spinning, the quantity of flax put on the ‘rock’ at a time.
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