| 单词 | to work the twig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work the twig b. dialect (a) A stout stick. (b) A divining-rod (cf. rod n.1 3c). to work the twig, to use the divining-rod. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > search for subterraneous water witch1848 to work the twig1883 dowse1894 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for subterraneous water or minerals > instrument used in divining-wand1656 dowsing-rod1692 divining-stick1712 divining-rod1751 witching stick1864 twig1883 witching rod1919 doodlebug1924 witching wand2011 1842 B. Brierley Lancs. Tales & Sketches 87 [He] could not see that his ‘twig’ would stand any chance against a bayonet. 18.. in T. Allan Tyneside Songs (1872) 201 Aw danced a jig an' swung my twig. 1883 Folk-Lore Jrnl. 1 28 At one spot the ‘twig’ was so violently affected that it flew out of his hands. 1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 180 To ‘work the twig’ is rural English for the craft of Dousterswivel in the Antiquary. 1894 Daily News 28 Dec. 5/2 The dry summer of 1893 brought the Divining Rod forward..‘dowsers’ sought for water with the mystic ‘twig’, and, very often, found it. < as lemmas |
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