| 释义 |
ranty-tanty north. dial. and Sc.
‘A weed which grows among corn, with a reddish leaf’ (Jam.); also, ‘broad-leaved sorrel’ (ibid.).
1725Ramsay Scornfu' Nansy ii, With crowdymowdy they fed me, Langkail and ranty-tanty. 1829Brockett N.C. Wds. (ed. 2), Ranty-tanty..There is a troublesome weed in corn fields of this name. 1893T. F. Henderson Old World Scotland 51 Ranty-tanty, carrots and turnips. |