| 释义 |
† skaunce Obs.
Also 5 skawnce.
[Formed by a false analysis of askances conjunctive adv.]
A jest.
It is doubtful whether quot. 1483 belongs here.
c1440York Myst. xxx. 291 But þis is but a skaunce. c1460Towneley Myst. ii. 401 Peasse, man, for godis payn! I saide it for a skaunce. Ibid. xxi. 353 Sir, we do it for a skawnce. 1483Cath. Angl. 341/2 A Skaunce, vbi a wylte. |