单词 | brimmer |
释义 | brimmern. 1. A thing that fills to the brim; a swelling wave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > swelling or surging wave swelling1387 jaw1513 surge1530 roll1535 brimmer1652 roller1829 beachcomber1859 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. xviii. 3 Swell us a lustie Brimmer..So Vast, that none may spie the Coast. 2. A brimming cup or goblet. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > amount of drink > brimming brimmer1663 bumper?1670 swimmer1682 brusher1699 bumper toast1756 bumper dram1818 tip-topper1822 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. v. vi. 60 Boy? fill a Brimmer, nay, fuller yet, yet a little fuller! 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 232 Nor ceas'd to draw, 'Till he the bottom of the Brimmer saw. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera iii. xiii. 54 Not one so sure can bring Relief, As his best Friend, a Brimmer. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 123 Accustomed to feed the flame of their loyalty with copious brimmers. 3. A hat with a brim. Cf. bowler n.3 a. Now chiefly local; spec. a straw hat. Cf. Local rhyme (Birmingham). Straw brimmer, Ate the donkey's dinner. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > with a brim brimmer1661 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > straw > types of Dunstable1805 Leghorn1810 skimmer1830 Tuscan hat1830 boating hat1840 mushroom1843 Milan hat1855 toering1855 bergère hat1873 Zulu hat1880 boater1882 boat hat1889 straw yard1900 donkey's breakfast1901 brimmer1902 straw boater1905 balibuntal1913 1661 C. W. in A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. A8 Now takes his Brimmer off. 1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 183 Twisting the Ends of his Girdle, and asking him the price of his Brimmer. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Brimmer, a hat. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Brimmer, a broad-brimmed hat. 1902 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Apr. 2/3 The early brimmer marked a conspicuously daring spirit here and there against the crowd of silk hats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2018). brimmerv. transitive and absol. To fill and drink (brimmers of wine). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely wassailc1300 waught?a1513 quaff1520 to drink (it) all outa1522 bibblea1529 quaught1530 to set cock on the hoopa1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567 troll-the-bowl1575 to take one's rousea1593 pot1622 tope1668 toot1676 compotate1694 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 birlea1800 to splice the mainbrace1805 jollify1830 brimmer1838 to give it a bit of a nudge1966 nudge1966 1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 313 Is he not seen at the Athenæum, dinnering and brimmering? Derivatives ˈbrimmered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [adjective] > filled (of vessel) > to the brim brimmered1831 1831 Hogg in Fraser's Mag. 4 380 The brimmer'd glass in every hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1652v.1831 |
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