(a) a man who practises witchcraft or magic, a wizard (cf. sense 1a and man-witch n. at man, n.1 compounds 1b); (b) regional (now rare and historical…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer > types of (12) witch-mana1538 (a) a man who practises witchcraft or magic, a wizard (cf. sense 1a and man-witch n. at man, n.1 compounds 1b); (b) regional (now rare and historical… plough bullock1762 English regional (chiefly east midlands and Yorkshire). A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday, esp. one who pulls the plough. plough stot1817 A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday. Also in plural: the Plough Monday celebrations. Cf. plough bullock, n. 2, plough jag, n. witch-chap1827 a mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday; = plough witch, n. plough bullocker1848 = 2; cf. plough witcher n. at plough witch, n. derivatives. plough jag1852 A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday. Also: a Plough Monday celebration. Cf. plough bullock, n. 2, plough stot, n. plough jack1859 A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday; = plough jag, n. plough witcher1860 = plough witch, n.; cf. plough bullocker n. at plough bullock, n. derivatives. oonchook1885 Newfoundland. Any of a number of men, usually dressed in women's clothes, who participated in a mummers' parade at Christmas. Now historical. janney1896 A Christmas mummer in Newfoundland. Hence as v. intransitive, to act as a janney; to dress up as a janney. plough witcha1903 A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday. Frequently in plough-witch Monday n. = Plough Monday, n. Cf. plough bullock, n. 2. hodener1909 Of or pertaining to the horse with wooden head and clapping jaws featured in a masquerade which formerly took place, spec. in Kent, on Christmas Eve… |
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