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单词 whinyard
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whinyardn.

/ˈhwɪnjəd/
Forms: Middle English whyneherd, whyneard, 1500s whynarde, whinyeard, winniard, 1600s whineyard, whineyeard, whineard, whyniard, whinniard, whinion, 1600s–1700s whiniard, 1500s– whinyard.
Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare whinger n.1The ending of the form whinion in quot. 1654 at sense a is unexplained.
Now Historical.
a. A short-sword, a hanger.
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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.
b. ? A subtle ‘blade’. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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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).
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