| 单词 | wresting thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswresting thread wresting thread n. Shetland dialect a thread wound or tied round a sprained or injured limb as a charm to effect a cure. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment wresting thread1616 tractors1798 tetanomotor1860 examining table1877 wire instrumenta1884 wristband1884 nasal spray1888 mackintosh sheet1889 gas mask1892 bath-bed1894 inspissator1897 Murphy's button1899 trembling-chair1899 solenoid1901 sunray1921 oxygenator1928 white cane1930 white stick1930 microdrive1955 photocoagulator1965 bubble1966 stimoceiver1967 hospital gown1970 smart pill1988 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > amulet against disease or to aid healing > specific plague cake1603 wresting thread1616 ague spell1714 touched gold1715 1616 Orkney Witch Trial in Dalyell Darker Superstit. Scotl. (1834) 118 [To make] a wresting thread, and give it in the name of the Father, Sone, and the Holie Gaist,..it wald mak ony wrest of man or beast haill. 1616 Shetland Witch Trial in Dalyell Darker Superst. Scot. (1834) 118 He tauld Garth that thair was ane woman in Delting..quha culd give him ane resting threid. 1840 New Statist. Acc. (1845) XV. 141 The ‘wresting thread’..is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained leg or arm. 1883 R. M. Fergusson Rambling Sketches 122 When a person received a sprain the Wrestin Thread was cast. < as lemmas |
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