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scarabee arch.|ˈskærəbiː|
Also (9 scaribee), pl. 6–7 scarabies.
[a. F. scarabée: see scarab.]
= scarab 1.
1591Spenser Vis. Worlds Vanitie iv, The kingly Bird, that beares Joves thunder-clap, One day did scorne the simple Scarabee. 1599Drayton Idea No. 31 Vnto my pitch no common iudgement flies, I scorne all earthlie dung⁓bred scarabies. 1665Needham Med. Medicinæ 197 Horses generate Wasps and Scarabees. 1820Shelley Œdipus i. 157 The beast Has a loud trumpet like the scarabee.
attrib.1830Marryat King's Own xx, Little animals of the scaribee tribe, denominated weevils.
b. transf. and fig. = scarab 1 b.
1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 102 Let mee vnrippe my sorrowes, that my brest May void such Scarabees, that vse to sit Vpon each vlcer. 16772nd Packet of Adv. to Men of Shaftesbury 15 Some few Scarabees of the Law. |