| 释义 |
† quinse, v. Obs. rare.
Also 6 cuinse, kinse.
[Origin obscure. The form cuinse, cited by Halliwell from the Bk. of Hunting 1586, may be a misprint: the Bk. St. Albans gives ‘A Plouer Mynsed’ as the proper term.]
To cut, carve.
1598[see kinsing]. 1598Bp. Hall Sat. iv. xi. 44 Good man! him list not spend his idle meales In quinsing plouers, or in wining Quailes. [1863Sala Capt. Dangerous III. i. 6, I..succeeded in Quincing his face as neatly as a housewife would slice Fruit for a Devonshire Squab Pie.] |