释义 |
† lobsterize, v. Obs. nonce-wd. [f. lobster1 + -ize.] intr. To move backwards, as a lobster is supposed to do. (Cf. to crawfish.)
1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iv. Captaines 621 Thou makest Rivers the most deafly-deep To lobstarize (back to their source to creep). |