单词 | to take lowe |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (a) lowe P2. Scottish. to take (a) lowe: to catch fire. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1699 G. Turnbull Diary 20 Feb. in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1893) 1 381 Being in the chamber alone att the fire his cloths tooke low, and were all burnt. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets ii. 18 Soon my Beard will tak a Low. 1764 W. Hunter Black Bird 136 There was an auld wife had a wie pickle tow, And she wad gae try the spinning o't, But louten her down, her rock [i.e. flax] took a low, And that was an ill beginning o't. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales 124 To light her pipe she thought nae sin in—Teazin' her tow; Countin' wi' care her costs an' winnin', The stock took low! 1983 Chapman 37 44 A reid dawin. Sun and Yirth jurmummelt. A bairn's face taks lowe i the causey. < as lemmas |
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