单词 | terlery |
释义 | † terleryn. Obsolete. In the following combinations applied to jinking or whisking about, or performing rapid circumvolutions, with the accompaniment of rhythmical meaningless words. Cf. tirra-lirra n. ΚΠ Cf. ?c1500 Cov. Corpus Christi Plays 31 They sange terli terlow; So mereli the sheppards ther pipes can blow.] 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 158 Where [can be found] such a Turlery-ginkes of conceit, or such a gibbihorse of pastime, as Straunge Newes? 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 25 So many heades so many whirlegigs, and if all these haue Terlery-ginckt it so friuolously of they reckt not what I may..pronounce it, that a red herring is wholsesome. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle v. aig. K1v With hey tricksie terlery-whiskin, the world it runnes on wheeles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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