| 释义 |
pasch-egg Sc. and north. dial.|ˈpaskˌɛg|
Forms: see pasch, pace n.2; also corruptly paste-egg.
An Easter egg: an egg dyed of various colours, and boiled hard, as an Easter gift.
1579,1611, etc. [see pace n.2]. 1677Coles Eng.-Lat. Dict., Pasch-eggs, Eggs given at Easter, Ovum paschale croceum or luteum. 1777Brand Pop. Antiq. 310 Of Pasche, or as they are commonly called, Paste Eggs. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Paste-eggs. 1847M. Howitt Ballads 80 And kindly country-women, yet, Their Pasch-eggs ready make, Of divers colours beautiful, To give for Jesus' sake. 1898Dublin Rev. July 153 In France it is, or was until recently, usual to eat the Pasch-egg before any other food was partaken of on Easter Day. |