单词 | warming-pan |
释义 | warming-pann. 1. A long-handled covered pan of metal (usually of brass) to contain live coals, etc., formerly in common use for warming beds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for warming bed bedpan1572 warming-pan1574 froe1594 hot-water bottle1636 damsel1728 nun1728 water bottle1771 hot bottle1836 bottle1857 pig1869 bed-bottle1907 bed-warmer1931 hotty1947 1574 J. Baret Aluearie W 64 A warmyng pan, thermoclinium. c1590 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta 1745 A fellow..with..a Dagger with a hilt like a warming-pan. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 Jan. (1976) IX. 405 Presented from Captain Beckford with a noble silver warming-pan, which I am doubtful whether to take or no. 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus May 11 The tinkling after them with a Warming-Pan, Frying Pan, or Kettle, is of good use to let the Neighbours know you have a swarm [of Bees] in the Air. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 165 A nosegay resembling in shape and dimensions a full-sized warming-pan with the handle cut short off. 2. Historical. With allusion to the story that James II's son, afterwards called the Old Pretender, was a supposititious child introduced into the Queen's bed in a warming-pan. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > fraudulent substitution > of child > symbol of warming-pan1689 1689 Full Answ. Depos. Birth Pr. Wales 13 Do you think it [the child] was conveyed there in a Warming-pan, or otherwise? 1689 Muses Farew. Popery 141 A Warming pan Plot, worse than Celliers Meal-Tub. 1716 Coll. State Songs, Poems, &c. since Rebellion 64 Let those Rebels, if they can, Make us forget the Warming Pan, Which first convey'd that pretty Man Into the Chamber Royal. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. ix. 210 Our immortal deliverer from papists and pretenders, and wooden shoes and warming pans. 3. slang. Thesaurus » Categories » a. A large old-fashioned watch. Cf. turnip n. 3b. b. A female bed-fellow. Scotch warming-pan: a chambermaid who lay in the bed a while to warm it for the intending occupant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > love affair > [noun] > female who shares one's bed warming-pan1668 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > woman or girl > who lay in bed to warm it Scotch warming-pan1668 1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master ii. 25 None but a cold Bed-fellow would have two Warming-Pans. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 83 A Scotch warming-pan, i.e. a wench. The story is well known of the Gentleman travelling in Scotland, who desiring to have his bed warmed, the servant-maid doffs her clothes and lays her self down in it for a while. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Warming-pan, an old fashion'd large Watch. A Scotch Warming-pan, a She-bed-fellow. c. A person who temporarily holds a place or employment until the intended occupant is ready to take it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > casual or temporary worker > who holds a position until another takes it warming-pan1846 the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute > poor or temporary Jack at a pinch1622 stopgap1691 apology1754 makeshift1822 warming-pan1846 ersatz1875 substitute1878 1846 Eclectic Rev. June 662 A locum tenens (ecclesiasticè, a warming-pan) was wanted for a Yorkshire living. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. i. 92 Hungerford is not a warming-pan;..he never was originally; and if he had been, he has been member for the county too long to be so considered now. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts (1885) xiv. 117 I only serve the place of what in Parliament is called a warming-pan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1574 |
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