(a) the clapper of a mill, used to shake corn into the millstones; (b) (figurative) (the tongue of) a talkative person, esp. a woman.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > clapper (8) mill clapperc1200 (a) the clapper of a mill, used to shake corn into the millstones; (b) (figurative) (the tongue of) a talkative person, esp. a woman. clap?c1225 The clapper of a mill; = clack, n. 3, clapper, n.1 1. clap and hopper (Scottish): ‘the symbols of investiture in the property of a mill’ (Jamieson). mill-clack1264 †(a) = clack, n. 3; (also figurative) a noisy or talkative person (obsolete); (b) Heraldry a representation of a mill-clack. clapper1340 The contrivance in a mill for striking or shaking the hopper so as to make the grain move down to the millstones; the clack, n. or clap, n.1 of… clackc1440 The clapper of a mill; an instrument which by striking the hopper causes the corn to be shaken into the mill-stones. Obsolete. clacket1594 = clacker, n. knap1622 The clapper of a mill. clacker1636 That which clacks; the clack or clapper of a mill; a clack to frighten birds away, etc. |
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