单词 | buller |
释义 | † bullern.1 Obsolete. a. One who issues or publishes a bull. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance > one who issues bullera1300 issuerc1484 bull-founder1570 a1300 Cursor Mundi 29306 Fals bulleres þat þam makes and þam furth beres, or els þat falses þe papes sele. b. A deceiver, cheat. [Perhaps a distinct word, compare bull v.3, Old French bouleur ‘trompeur’ Godefroy.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives swikec1000 wielerOE adderOE knavec1275 treacherc1290 guiler1303 gabbera1325 tricharda1327 faitoura1340 jugglera1340 beswiker1340 wernard1362 knackerc1380 beguilera1382 deceiver1382 illusor1382 deceivant1393 fob1393 falsea1400 mocker?c1450 feature14.. deceptor1484 seductor1490 bullera1500 troker?a1500 craftera1529 circumventorc1540 bobber1542 cloyner?1550 illuder?1550 tricker1550 double-dealer1567 treacherer1571 falsary1573 abuser1579 falser1579 treachetour1590 deluder1592 ignis fatuus1592 foolmonger1593 prestigiator1595 aguiler1598 baffler1606 cog-foist1606 feaguer1610 guile-man1614 hocus-pocus1624 colt1632 hoodwink1638 blindfoldera1649 napper1653 cheat1664 fooler1677 underdealer1682 circumvenerc1686 chincher1688 dodger1698 nickum1699 sheep-shearer1699 trickster1711 bilker1717 trickologist1723 taker-in1776 bilk1790 duper1792 Yorkshire bite1801 intake1808 gammoner1819 doer1840 delusionist1841 fiddler1857 snide1874 hoodwinker1884 tanger1886 take-down1888 tiddlywinker1893 wangler1912 frost1914 twicer1924 lurkman1945 jive-ass1964 skanker1973 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 321 Thise dysars and thise hullars, Thise cokkers and thise bollars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). bullern.2 Scottish. 1. a. A roaring noise (of waves or flood); the boiling of an eddy or torrent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > roaring of waves routingc1450 buller1513 rout1513 rut1582 rote1610 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 13 Calmyt all is But stowr or bullyer, murmour or moving. b. the Buller(s) of Buchan, a rocky recess on the Aberdeenshire coast, near Peterhead, open at the top; the sea, constantly raging in it, gives it the appearance of a boiling pot or caldron. ΚΠ 1769 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 145 (Jam.) The famous Bullers of Buchan lying about a mile North of Bowness. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 38 We..turned our eyes to the Buller, or Bouilloir, of Buchan. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 508/1 The Bullers of Buchan, a nearly round basin about 30 yards wide. 2. figurative. ΚΠ 1851 J. M. Wilson Hist. Tales Borders XX. 23 This new cause of sorrow increased my paroxysm to a perfect buller. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bullern.3 (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that is in heat buller1858 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 151 The cow..became what is called a ‘perpetual buller’, that is, always in a state to take the bull. 1901–3 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 253 Buller, in stock-raising, a cow of irregular reproductive habit. 1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks ii. iii. 76 From dairy farm folk have come..buller, a cow on heat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bullern.4 University slang. = bulldog n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > proctor > proctor's attendant bulldog1823 buller1906 1906 'Varsity 1 Feb. 165/3 There's a buller over there. Wonder if he's waiting to spot anyone. 1919 Isis 5 Nov. 7/2 The Proctor..on a motor-scooter, accompanied by a couple of attendant ‘bullers’ on a push-bike. 1923 Weekly Disp. 4 Mar. 1 The ‘Bullers’ were reinforced and undergraduates were refused entry into the college. 1937 Evening News 5 May 10/3 A ‘buller’ was sent round to their house to collect the fines of 13/4 each. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bullerv.1 Scottish. To make a noise, to roar, to bellow. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > roar or bellow [verb (intransitive)] bellowc1000 roarOE routc1400 rummish?a1500 rerea1525 hurl1530 whurl1530 bullerc1550 broll1660 gurl1790 snore1823 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 The bullis began to bullir quhen the scheip began to blait. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 95 in Wks. (1931) I Blait lyke ane hog, and buller lyke ane bull. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 63 It..wold dovk vnder the water snorting and bullering. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 55 Screeching and bullering like a Bull of Bashan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bullerv.2 Obsolete. Scottish. 1. a. intransitive. To boil, to foam; to rush foaming. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > with agitated movement or rush buschc1400 bullera1522 purla1586 frizado1605 trench1616 tottle1717 fret1727 brattle1850 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. iii. 51 Salt watir stremmys Fast bullerand in at euery ryft. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xi. 34 Amasenus, that ryver..Abuf the brays bulryt as it war wod. b. transitive. To wash up in foaming waves. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > cast or throw up > by action of the sea to cast upa1398 buller1553 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados i. iii. 26 The storme vp bullerit sand as it war wod. 2. intransitive. To make bubbles or foam. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > effervesce [verb (intransitive)] burble1303 blubberc1400 bubblea1475 buller1535 seethe1535 bell1598 huff1707 wobble1725 effervesce1784 sotter1834 blob1855 upbubble1865 petillate1942 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 259 Full mony berne lay bulrand in his blude. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vi. xiv. f. 75/2 The kyng was lyand bullerand in his blude. a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Svij Quhow I laye bulrand, baithit in my blude. Derivatives bullering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > in agitated manner roughc1390 popplingc1400 bullering1533 purlinga1586 brawling1730 chafing1865 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 457 Thay sank doun and perist in the depe bullerand stremes. 1537 D. Lindsay Deplor. Q. Magdalene 45 So did this prince [swim] throw bulryng stremis wode. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 1553 in Wks. (1931) I The gret Occiane..did nocht spred sic bulryng strandis As it dois now. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1300n.21513n.31858n.41906v.1c1550v.2a1522 |
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