单词 | to go a caterwauling |
释义 | > as lemmasto go a caterwauling b. to go a caterwauling: to go ‘after kind’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (intransitive)] > miscellaneous actions of to go a caterwauling1546 knead1954 spray1954 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiii My cat gothe a catterwawyng. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 156v They goe a Catterwalling about February. 1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. lxxxviii. 113 The Catte..is neuer in loue or goeth a catterwallyng, but in the coldest weather. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxix. 251 [Melons] are fitter to make meate for cats that goe a catterwauling. 1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at Cataria When they go a Catter-wauling. < as lemmas |
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