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单词 to be ridden by the bitch daughter
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to be ridden by the bitch daughter
bitch daughter n. Obsolete any of various afflictions personified as a female demon, esp. a nightmare; chiefly in to be ridden by the bitch daughter; cf. hag n.1 5a.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > nightmare
bitch daughter?c1475
nightmare1562
hag1598
nightmare dream1763
daymare dream1796
night horse1840
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 13v Þe Bychdowȝhter, epialtis, epialta, noxa.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd II. iv. 94 That ridiculously foolish Notion among Country People (viz.) That of a Horse's being rid by the Bitch-Daughter, as they term it.
1743 H. Bracken Traveller's Pocket-farrier 37 He who will not allow his Horse the Quantity of Oats, &c. that I have mentioned, should ride slowly and short Stages, otherwise 'tis an even Wager such Horse will be rid by the same Bitch-daughter in the Night, which rides the Owner by Day.
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 11 At times she stinns feafully in her douvens, we consate shoe's ridden be th' bitch doughter.
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