单词 | to fig about |
释义 | > as lemmasto fig about intransitive. To move briskly and restlessly; to jog to and fro. Also, to fig about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down jouncec1440 jog1586 fig1595 jig1604 jopper1607 jot?1611 squirt1611 jeta1635 jolt1788 jigget1818 jig-a-jig1840 jolter1864 1595 Enq. Tripe-wife (1881) 148 I trotted from my trotter stall, And figd about from neates feete neatly drest. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 374 Like as a Hound that..vpon the sent doth ply, Figs to and fro, and fals in cheerefull Cry. a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 73 They that..run to Sermons, figge to Lectures, pray thrice a day by the hower. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. § 125 204 Multitudes of factious People incessantly figed about. < as lemmas |
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