单词 | tongisis |
释义 | > as lemmastongisis c. In plural form tongs construed as singular; with rare plural tongisis, tongses, pairs of tongs. Chiefly Scottish. ΚΠ 1489 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 132/1 Twa axis, a wowmill..a tangis, price xl d. 1542 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 71 The masterfull streking of Ellene Murray with ane tanggis. 1576 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 691 (note) 2 pair of tangisis, 3s. apiece. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 46 The rest of his body..the pynouris raue with an yrne tangs. 1708 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 216 I must also have a tongs and shovel. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 810 Like a sheep-head on a tangs. 1849 W. Irving Crayon Misc. 254 A relic..which, if I recollect right, he pronounced to have been a tongs. < as lemmas |
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