| 单词 | to play puck with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play (the) puck with b. spec. (with the). The Devil; Satan. Now only in to play (the) puck with. Irish English in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 a1300 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 76 (MED) Hwen deþ schal cume, Al hit wurþ heom bi-nume, And he bitauht þe puke [rhyme bruke]. c1350 Gregorius (Cleo.) (1914) l. 243 (MED) Ȝeo mad þe croiz uppon his brest fforte hit saue fram þe pouke. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. x. 62 (MED) Thanne haþ þe pouk [v.r. fende] power, sire princeps huius mundi, Ouer suche maner of men. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. 161 Ȝet arn þere..Nigromancie & permansie, þe pouke [v.r. deuyl] to reisen. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. 264 (MED) Oute of þe poukes pondfolde, no meynprise may vs fecche. 1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion xix. sig. H5 Ne let the Pouke [printed Ponke], nor other euill sprights,..Fray vs. 1746 W. Thompson Hymn to May xxxiii. 19 Ne let Hobgoblin, ne the Pouk [printed Ponk], profane With shadowy glare the light. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland xiii. 308 To play the puck with anything, a softened equivalent of playing the devil. 1996 S. Moylan Lang. Kilkenny 207 The rats played puck with my cap. < as lemmas |
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