wolvev.

/wʊlv/

Etymology: < inflectional stem of wolf n.

1. intransitive (also with it). To behave like a wolf, play the wolf.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > be fierce [verb (intransitive)]

wolve1702

wolf1865

Zulu1882

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. ii. 187/2 If any Seducers were let loose to wolve it among the good People of Roxbury.

a1909 E. T. Seton Billy i. (C.D. Suppl.) A Wolf was ‘wolving’ on the east side of Sentinel Mountain.

2. Of an organ: To give forth a hollow wailing sound like the howl of a wolf, from deficient wind-supply.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > organ wailing

howl1687

cipher1779

wolve1864

1864 J. S. Le Fanu Uncle Silas I. xxv. 325 What an awful storm!.. Don't you like the sound? What they used to call ‘wolving’ in the old organ at Dorminster!

1919 M. R. James Thin Ghost 130 The organ wolved—you know what I mean: the wind died.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	wolve
释义	wolvev. /wʊlv/ Etymology: < inflectional stem of wolf n. 1. intransitive (also with it). To behave like a wolf, play the wolf. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > be fierce [verb (intransitive)] wolve1702 wolf1865 Zulu1882 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. ii. 187/2 If any Seducers were let loose to wolve it among the good People of Roxbury. a1909 E. T. Seton Billy i. (C.D. Suppl.) A Wolf was ‘wolving’ on the east side of Sentinel Mountain. 2. Of an organ: To give forth a hollow wailing sound like the howl of a wolf, from deficient wind-supply. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > organ wailing howl1687 cipher1779 wolve1864 1864 J. S. Le Fanu Uncle Silas I. xxv. 325 What an awful storm!.. Don't you like the sound? What they used to call ‘wolving’ in the old organ at Dorminster! 1919 M. R. James Thin Ghost 130 The organ wolved—you know what I mean: the wind died. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1702
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