单词 | tandle |
释义 | tandletanlen. Scottish and northern dialect. A large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > bonfire as token of bonfirea1450 fire of joy1554 feu de joie1609 tandle1788 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > immense > for celebration fire of joy1554 feu de joie1609 tandle1788 bale-fire1810 joy-fire1845 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 62 Thae flirds o' silk..Had I our doghter's at a candle, They'd mak' a been an' rowsan tandle. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 622 An antient practise..of kindling a large fire, or tawnle as it is usually termed, of wood. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. s.v. The custom of kindling large fires or Taanles, at Midsummer, was formerly common in Scotland. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 223 The custom of the baal-fire or Tannel is still observed on the last day of July, St. Margaret's Day. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid iv. 28 Bigging great taunles on the holms o' the Garnock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788 |
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