单词 | whinyard |
释义 | whinyardn. Now Historical. a. A short-sword, a hanger. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > short sword saxa800 knifec1175 whinyard1478 hanger1481 short-sword1508 whinger1540 whanger1541 half-sword1552 estocade1579 wacadash1613 acinaces1653 dourlach1825 estoc1830 dah1832 simi1860 malchus1890 kirpan1904 1478 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 296 Cum quodam armicudio vulgariter nuncupato Anglice ‘a whyneherd’. 1499 Will of Robert Love (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/11) f. 264v A whyneard with a chape of siluer. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biij And by his syde his whynarde & his pouche. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 136 We shall not need to borrow great Alexanders whiniard to cut this Gordian knot. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot i. iii. 12 Be not afraid To gird thy whinion to thy trusty Thigh. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 199 His Pistol next he cockt anew, And out his nut-brown whiniard drew. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 320 Who wav'd his Whinyard o'er her Loyn, as if he'd gone to Knight him. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 11 The hunter..For the death-wound..Mustered his breath, his whinyard drew. 1856–9 R. Buchanan Wallace in Tragic Dramas i. viii I'd liefer Plunge this Scots whinyard in thy felon breast, Than in the heart of Turk or Saracen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > witty person whinyard1611 truewit1616 wit-monger1620 witship1636 bel-esprit1638 wit-wright1655 wit1692 1611 G. Chapman May-day i. i Lor. It is not Hector but Paris, not the full armefull, but the sweet handfull that Ladies delight in. Ang. O notable old whyniard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1478 |
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