单词 | wintle |
释义 | wintlev. Scottish. 1. intransitive. To roll or swing from side to side. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > sway wawc888 swang1340 waltera1375 swayve1377 swayc1500 nod1578 weave1596 showd1599 swing1607 swag1608 slinger1767 wintle1786 swale1820 daven1977 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 166 Tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hoble, An' wintle like a saumont-coble. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 64 From him that wears the star and garter To him that wintles in a halter. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 173 And wi' his prickin' gude pyk-staff Made them rebound and wintle aff. 2. To tumble, capsize, be upset. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > capsize or be upset whelma1300 overturna1393 overset1641 coup1787 upset1799 capsize1805 to turn the turtle1818 to go over1829 keela1860 to turn turtle1860 wintle1867 turtle1920 1867 J. K. Hunter Retrospect Artist's Life (1912) xxx. 315 I..wintled over beyond him in the bed. 1890 J. Service Thir Notandums v. 28 At the whilk observe of mine, I thocht that his Lordship would have wuntled aff his cheyre. Derivatives ˈwintle n. a rolling or staggering movement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > reeling or staggering > a reeling or staggering movement reel?1572 stagger1600 wintle1786 stacker1870 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 159 He by his showther gae a keek, An' tumbl'd wi' a wintle. 1882 J. Walker Sc. Poems 127 With rocking wintle near the shipping quay The Granton steamboat at our service lay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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