| 释义 |
† plotcock Sc. Obs.
[app. a perversion of Pluto, in accordance with some popular etymology.]
Pluto; in later popular use, the devil.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 260 Thair was a cry hard at the marcat crose of Edinburgh at the houre of midnight..nameit and callit be the proclamer thairof the sowmondis of Plotcok, quhilk desyrit all men to compeir..withtin the space of xl. dayis befoir his maister. c1587Montgomerie Sonn. xxi, The tym sall come vhen ȝe sall be accusit, And syn compeld at Plotcok to appeir. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. ii. ii, And seven times does her prayers backwards pray, Till Plotcock comes with lumps of Lapland clay, Mixt with the venom of black taids and snakes. |