单词 | well-fogged |
释义 | > as lemmaswell-fogged b. figurative. Only in well-fogged: well provided; well off. Now rare.Apparently with allusion to birds or wild bees lining their nests with moss; cf. quot. 1806 and bike n.1 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > well-provided or supplied plenteousc1350 plentifulc1400 well-replenished1448 well-provided1523 well-supplied1594 storeful1598 flush1603 well-plenished1662 well-fogged1790 rowth1863 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 332 In case auld lucky be well fogget. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 293 For nocht but a house-wife was wantin' To plenish his weel-foggit byke. 1980 E. T. Dawson in New Poetry (London) No. 48. 19 Gweed sakes, I'm aff weel-foggit fowk. It's nae a metch for me. < as lemmas |
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