| 单词 | to stall up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stall up a. To put (an animal) in a stall; to keep or confine in a stall, esp. for fattening; also to stall to (a particular kind of food), to stall up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > place in house, stall, etc. stall1390 to take up1482 to put up1607 cote1630 shed1850 lair1890 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 frankc1440 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 adipate1623 saginate1623 batten1638 to stall to1764 tallow1765 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 force1847 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 124 A Monthe, which..The Plowed Oxe in wynter stalleth; And fyr into the halle he bringeth. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 219 I wald at Ȝoull be housit and stald. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 732/1 I stall an ox to fede him fatte, je mets en estal. 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 5 The flesh of wild Beasts..is not so soone puft vp & fattened, as those Beasts that commonly are stald and foddered. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 205 So farre from..stalling the Oxe and Lyon together. 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 7 As to oxen, we have them to the full as good, when stalled to turneps, carrots, etc. as if they were fed in the finest fatting grounds. 1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry xiii. 62 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III An ox kept stalled up for six or eight months and well fed, will double his original weight. 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 i. 89 I much prefer penning to stalling the sheep. 1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 79 On the other hand, can you stall the wild ass of the desert? < as lemmas |
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