单词 | chemis |
释义 | chemisn. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now historical. The chief mansion or manor house of an estate.In quot. a1522: a dwelling place. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house hallc1000 boroughc1175 court1297 manorc1300 palacec1300 mansion1375 placea1387 manor-place1392 chemis1408 head-place1463 mansion place1473 manse1490 court-hall1552 manery1563 manor house1575 seat1607 country seat1615 great house1623 mansion house1651 country house1664 manor-seata1667 place-house1675 mansion-seat1697 hall-house1702 big house1753 ha'-house1814 manoir1830 manor hall1840 yashiki1863 seigneury1895 stately home1934 stately2009 1408 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1862) IV. 175 xxti markis worth of lande within his landys of Glencharny outtakyn his chemys and his demayne. 1437 in C. Innes Registrum de Dunfermelyn (1842) 285 The oxgang of land of the chemis pertenand to the said Abbot. 1480 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 112 The castell and chemis of Auchlek vitht the hail manis of the samen. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. vi. 126 The myghty gret Ene Within hys narrow chymmys ledis he. c1550 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 109 (Jam.) The chemise or principall messuage sould not be devidit. 1581 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 235/1 Ordinand and constituand the castell of Doun foirsaid the principall messuage and cheif schimmeis of the said lordschip. 1646 in 4th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1874) 534/1 [Donald McLauchlane..had been captured within the] chemmies [of Kandrochat]. a1827 J. Poole Gloss. Old Dial. Forth & Bargy (1996) 41 Chemis, the chief manor-house, mansion-house. 1883 J. R. Tudor Orkneys & Shetland 18 The eldest son could claim the head Bail or Chemis place, i.e. the chief manor or farm. 1929 H. Marwick Orkney Norn 27/2 Chemois, head house of an estate. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Chemois, in old records principal house of an estate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1408 |
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