单词 | werrock |
释义 | werrockn. Scottish (now rare). A lump or hard growth on the foot; a corn, verruca, or bunion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening > hard skin > corn agnaileOE cornc1440 werrock?a1513 wrang-nail?c1530 core1532 crest1569 pin1611 warnel1611 clavus1807 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 157 A flyrok That hes vpoun his feit a wyrok. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 68 With his wawill feit and virrok tais. 1801 J. Leyden in Complaynt Scotl. Gloss. 380 Virrok [in Dunbar]..signifies a corn, or bony excrescence on the feet. It is in common use, and pronounced wirrok. 1839 W. M'Dowall Poems 154 Mary Hay, Wha had a weerock on each tae As big's a plum. 1899 Proc. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 31 44 ‘Ye've ower mony werrucks to get a man,’ is a common saying. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat wantin' Croon 31 Thon airt'll niver gar her werrucks stoun! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1513 |
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