| 单词 | cock-crowen kale |
| 释义 | > as lemmascock-crowen kale 1. Of broth, stew, etc.: reheated for eating having been made the previous day (or earlier); stale, no longer fresh. Frequently in cock-crowen kale. Scottish in later use.With reference to the idea that a cockerel or rooster has crowed at the start of a new day since the broth, stew, etc., was made.With quot. a1456 cf. wort n.1 1b. ΚΠ a1456 (a1426) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 676 And of his wyf haþe noone oþer cheer But cokkrowortes [= cokkrowe wortes] vn-to his souper. 1602 J. Manningham Diary 21 Nov. (1976) 132 He takes a speciall grace to use an old worne sentence, as though anie would like to be served with cockcrowen pottage. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 262 Then was there brought some cock-crowne keale. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Cock-crow'n kail, broth heated a second time;..such as the cock has crow'd over, being a day old. < as lemmas |
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