| 单词 | to fray their heads |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fray their heads 1. intransitive. Of deer: (see quot. 1756). Also transitive in to fray their heads. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [verb (intransitive)] > actions of deer fray1575 strain1575 yard1848 misprint1904 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [verb (transitive)] > rub skin off horns fray1575 burnish1616 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxvii. 69 The old Harts do fray their heads vpon the yong trees. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 6 Chiefe stags vpbearing croches high from the antlier hauted On trees stronglye fraying. 1756 Whalley Notes on B. Jonson's Wks. V. 103 A deer is said to fray her head when she rubs it against a tree to renew it. 1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer vii. 112 Towards the end of July—they are then fraying, rubbing the velvet off their new horns against the trees. < as lemmas |
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