| 单词 | to dab nebs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dab nebs c. in modern dial. To strike with a slight blow, as with the back of the hand. †to dab nebs: to kiss. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (intransitive)] kissc1330 smouch1588 neb1609 moutha1616 to dab nebs?1772 snog1962 a1307 Pol. Songs (Camden) 192 This Frenshe come to Flaundres..The Flemmisshe hem dabbeth o the het bare. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 551/1 The pricke of the fleshe, to dabbe him in the necke. 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iv. ii. 32 Let me alone for dabbing them o' th necke. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) To Dab,..to Slap or Strike. 17.. in Jamieson Pop. Ball. & Songs (1806) I. 87 (Jam.) The thorn that dabs I'll cut it down, Though fair the rose may be. ?1772 Young Coalman's Courtship to Creelwife's Daughter (ed. 3) i. 7 Ye may..dab nebs wi' her now an than. 1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1228 Dabbing, Daubing,..working the face of a stone..with a pick-shaped tool..so as to form a series of minute holes. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 82 One chap dabbed his sticker through my arm here. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Dab, to give a slight blow to. ‘Dost want dabbin i' th' maith’ [= mouth]. < as lemmas |
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