单词 | to carve a fowl |
释义 | > as lemmasto carve a fowl b. transitive e.g. to carve a fowl, to carve a joint, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > carve shearc1330 unlacec1400 smitea1500 carve1529 to cut up1574 cuta1616 1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader viii. sig. Miv Men to cerve his [sc. the Pope's] mossels. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 153 A calues head & a capon, the which if I doe not carue most curiously, say my kniffe's naught. 1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad ix, in Whole Wks. Homer 125 Till I had..karu'd thee tenderst meate. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. ii. 41 Captain Aylmer..would have..carved the roast fowl with much more skill. < as lemmas |
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