| 单词 | yule-clog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyule-clog yule-clog n. = yule-log n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas yule-stock?a1505 Christmas log1613 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log yule-stock?a1505 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xiii. 127 Our Fore-Fathers..were wont..to lay a Log of Wood upon the Fire, whlch they termed a Yule-Clog, or Christmas-Block. 1836 R. Furness Astrologer iii, in Wks. (1858) 163 When ample yule-clogs lent their heat and light, And all-spiced possets warm'd the Christmas night. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxvi. 106 The yule-clog sparkled keen with frost. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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