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单词 twing
释义 I. twing, n. Now dial.
Also 7 twyng.
[Of obscure origin.]
A small red spider supposed to be injurious to cattle; cf. taint n. C. 3.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 770 There is to be found in Harvest-time amongst Pease, Beans, and other sorts of pulse,..certain small Spiders called Kantharidessi Eikela..of a very red and fiery colour, such as we Englishmen call Twinges, by eating or licking up of which, both Oxen and other Beasts do many times die.1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1060 Small Phalangia..like to beetles, of a flame-red colour; such are those the English call Twyngs.1878Cumberland Gloss., Twing, a small scarlet-coloured insect, said by the superstitious to occasion fatal illness to cattle.
II. twing, v.
see twinge v.2
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