| 释义 |
ˈeshin dial.
Also 6 eschin, eshen, -yne, ession, esshon, -en, 7 eshon.
[Etymology uncertain; ? var. of ashen (vessel); cf. ON. eski ashen box, mod.Icel. askja box generally.]
A wooden pail or shallow tub.
1547Lanc. & Chesh. Wills (Chetham Soc.) I. 109, V milke trowhgs and v essions xxd. 1558Ibid. (1884) 20 Fyve loomes for Ale..and iiij Esshons. 1573Ibid. III. 60 Sex eshens or skales. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 335/1 Of some Milk-Maids..I have heard..a Milk Pail called..a Cruck, an Eshon, of others a Bouk. 1691Ray N.C. Words, Eshin, a pail or kit. 1775in Ash. 1884Cheshire Gloss., Eshin, a large can for carrying milk from the shippon to the house. |