| 单词 | to smell of the inkhorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto smell of the inkhorn A small portable vessel (originally made of a horn) for holding writing-ink: now seldom used. †to smell of the inkhorn, to be pedantic; term of inkhorn = inkhorn term n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > containers for ink inkhorn1382 inkpot1553 ink-well1875 dipping-well1889 ink-slab1890 ink cartridge1955 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > instance of > in vocabulary inkhorn term1543 term of inkhorn?1577 inkhornism1597 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > ink-horn term inkhorn term1543 inkpot term1553 term of inkhorn?1577 inkhornism1597 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > play the pedant [verb (intransitive)] > in vocabulary to smell of the inkhorn1587 inkhornize1589 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] > be laboured or pedantic to smell of the candle, lamp, oil1542 to smell of (or taste) the lamp1579 to smell of the inkhorn1587 to smell of oil1646 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. ix. 11 The man that..hadde an enk~horn in his rigge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 262/1 Inkehorne, attramentarium. 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 229 Item, payd..for a pener and a ynkorne, iij. d. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 93 On his gurdell a penuer and an ynkhorn. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Ciiiv Ne had they terme of inkhorne ne of penne, But plaine in speache. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvi. 452 Proclamations set foorth in such a style,..smelling to much of the Inkhorne. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 75 Children don't use to come into the world with their ink-horns and pocket-books about them. 1733 Lady B—z in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 191 Two days ago I washed the mould out of my inkhorn, put fresh ink into it. c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 253 He drew from a little writing-case..some paper, a cut cane, and an ink-horn. 1879 G. F. Maclear Celts viii. 133 Literary apparatus, such as waxed tablets, styles, pens, and ink horns. < as lemmas |
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