单词 | brandle |
释义 | † brandlev. Obsolete. a. transitive. To shake, shock, cause to waver. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > cause to move unsteadily [verb (transitive)] > cause to totter shakec1050 overswaya1586 totter1613 brandle1622 labefactate1645 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 96 It had like to have brandled the fortune of the day. b. intransitive. To become unsteady, to totter, waver. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > be changeable [verb (intransitive)] fleetc1374 reel1495 flight1568 brandle1606 flash1608 revarya1618 adjust1898 to bob and weave1975 1606 True Relation Proc. against Garnet sig. Ggv Subiects cannot be too curious, when the State brandles. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 112 Gave him so terrible a shock, as made his Vantguard to brandle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1606 |
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